§ Mr. LuffTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make it her policy not to impose penalties on farmers where errors on integrated administration and control system forms lead to an underclaim. [5747]
§ Mr. MorleyPenalties are not normally applied to errors that lead to an underclaim. Where there are different rates of aid for different crop groups within a 1085W claim there can be a large underclaim in one crop group and a smaller overclaim in another so in global area terms there is an underclaim. However, penalties would still be applied to the overclaim.