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Written question asked by Bill Wiggin (Conservative) on Wednesday, 6 December 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 December 2006. It was answered by Barry Gardiner (Labour) on Monday, 18 December 2006 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Single Payment Scheme

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many environmentally sensitive area payments have been delayed due to remapping in line with single farm payment areas.
Answer

Natural England are required to carry out a number of administrative checks on all environmentally sensitive area scheme claims. Any discrepancies found are then investigated and resolved before payment is authorised. These checks include an automatic cross check against land parcel numbers on the rural land register but the number of claims that require further investigation specifically because of this are not recorded separately.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
108193; 454 c1440W;454 c1442W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Environmentally sensitive areas
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk