§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Whitty on 11 January (WA 57–58), for each item of expenditure by the Rural Payments Agency listed in the answer, how much was (a) paid to farmers, and (b) spent on administration; and whether they will estimate the breakdown between payments to farmers and cost of administration of the national ceilings for expenditure under the single payment scheme. [HL692]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty)Expenditure shown in the annexe to the reply given to the noble Lord on 11 January (Official Report, cols. WA 57–58) related to scheme payments. No part of it, nor of the separate figures for the single payment scheme national ceilings in the footnote, related to administration expenditure.
Details of RPA's scheme and administration expenditure for each of the last three financial years can be found in the agency's published accounts (publication numbers HC1197 for 2001–02, HC940 for 2002–03 and HC1009 for 2003–04).