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Written question asked by Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative) on Thursday, 8 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 December 2005. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Monday, 19 December 2005 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Single Farm Payment Scheme

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of digital mapping in relation to single farm payments is complete.
Answer

Around 95 per cent. of the digital mapping required to support claims to the 2005 Single Payment Scheme (SPS) is complete based on the area within the Rural Land Register and the estimate of the area still awaiting digitisation. A significant proportion of the area was digitised prior to the inception of the SPS, but in excess of 130,000 mapping requests to modify or increase digitised areas have been received since September 2004.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
440 c2393W; 37240
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Agriculture Maps Rural areas Subsidies Digital mapping
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk