Written question asked by David Laws (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 7 June 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 June 2006. It was answered by Barry Gardiner (Labour) on Monday, 19 June 2006 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Payment Schemes

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost was of compiling, printing and posting the leaflet Single Payment Scheme: Additional Cross-compliance Requirements; and whether there are plans to issue further single payment scheme publications in the current financial year.

Answer: The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has not issued a publication entitled the Single Payment Scheme: Additional Cross-compliance Requirements. RPA did publish recently a supplement of the Cross Compliance Handbook for England 2006, for which the cost of compiling, printing and posting was £85,871.00There are plans to produce a 2007 version of the Cross Compliance Handbook for England, incorporating any new statutory management requirements that have to be implemented under EU Regulations and a 2007 supplement for the current Set aside Handbook and Guidance.

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