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110 1 _aUnited Kingdom
_bNational Audit Office
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245 0 0 _aDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Rural Payments Agency
_bthe delays in administering the 2005 single payment scheme in England
260 _aLondon
_bTSO
_c2006
490 0 _aHouse of Commons Paper
_v1631 2005-06
520 _aReviews the implementation by the Rural Payment Agency (RPA) and DEFRA of the European Union's single payment scheme in England. The implementation had cost £122.3m by the end of March 2006. RPA encountered difficulties in processing £1515m payments due under the scheme and failed to meet its own target to pay 96% of that sum by the end of March 2006. These difficulties encountered in making payments have caused distress to a significant minority of farmers, cost farmers money additional interest and bank charges and undermined the farming industry's confidence in the agency. RPA had underestimated the amount of work involved.
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651 4 _aEngland
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690 _aENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND CONSULTANCY-AGRIBUSINESS-AGRICULTURE
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.nao.org.uk/pn/05-06/05061631.htm
_zView the report free of charge at www.nao.org.uk...
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