There have been a number of new pieces of BPS information over the last few of weeks: The RPA has announced it aims to make BPS payments to 90% of claimants by the end of December 2016, but rather worryingly its target is only for a further 3% to be paid between 31st December and 31st March. […]
As from 1st January 2017 Cattle Tracing System (CTS) links in Scotland will be replaced by a new system called ScotMoves. According to the Scottish Government, CTS links are no longer compliant with EU regulations and pose a non-compliance penalty and risk to public health and disease control. The ScotMoves system is being hosted on […]
DEFRA has made available a form to apply for a Temporary Land Association (TLA) or a Temporary County Parish Holding Number (tCPH). This can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-to-register-temporary-use-of-land-to-keep-livestock This new system is part of the changes to simplify the reporting and recording of animal movements, which is being rolled out over the coming year (see our article of […]
Farming Minister, George Eustice, announced on 27th Julythat the new livestock movement rules (See May’s article) will start rolling out as from that date, with completion by summer 2017. DEFRA has started to send the first batch of letters out to livestock keepers who are affected. Farmers do not need to do anything until they […]
2016 Claims Update The RPA has confirmed that it has received 86,820 BPS 2016 claims. Of these, 69,905 (80.5%) were made via the Rural Payments online system with the remaining 16,915 (19.5%) via paper. There were 1,179 claims made between 17th May and the 10th June 2016. During this period, claims could still be submitted […]
2015 BPS Payments Scotland has now made full 2015 BPS payments to about 97% of claimants. According to Rural Economy Secretary, Fergus Ewing, significant progress hasbeen made since 23rd June, with £90m worth of final payments made since that date. In total almost £310m has been made to 17,700 claimants. 2016 Entitlement Transfers Scottish claimants […]
The RPA has announced how it will be dealing with the outstanding queries relating to the 2015 BPS. Many will have e-mailed or written to the RPA informing it of a discrepancy between what they received and what they were expecting to get paid. As of yet the RPA has not responded to these requests (apart from […]
The vote to leave the EU will have profound effects on UK farming sector and those that do business with it. It is important to point out that Brexit will not formally happen for at least two years (possibly longer – see previous article). Farmers, companies, government and the whole industry will have time to adapt. […]
Basic Payment Scheme By the end of April, all but a very small number of businesses with complex claims should have received their 2015 BPS balance payment. According to Deputy Farm Minister, Rebecca Evans, BPS entitlement values were established by 1st April (The European Commission’s deadline) which has allowed balance payments to be made. Although […]
2015 BPS As of 14th April, 76,500 (88%) claimants had been paid their 2015 BPS funds. Claims still to be processed include; 5,400 that were inspected 3,500 claimants with Common Land A further 1,000 complex claims which are in the final stages of their processing. The RPA has now announced that it will be making […]