| Heading: |
Agriculture: Subsidies |
| Question ID: |
1808362 |
| UIN: |
56631 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5342 |
| Asking Member display name: |
John Whitby
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
John Whitby
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure farmers receive payments from the Rural Payments Agency on time. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-17 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4382 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Daniel Zeichner
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| Answering Member handle: |
danielzeichner
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@danielzeichner
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| Answer text: |
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) understands the importance of cashflow for farmers and rural businesses. It makes payments for schemes and grants against published performance indicators and continues to look at opportunities to issue payments as promptly... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |