Legislative Plans (Hansard, 18 July 1995)

§ Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what legislation he plans to introduce; and if he will make a statement. [35305]

RSC comparative performance data (%) for financial year 1994–95 unless otherwise specified
		Bristol	Cambridge	Carlisle	Crewe	Exeter	Northallerton	Nottingham	Reading	Worcester	Total¹
AAPS	Applications	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	100	99
Advance Oilseeds	Payments	99	98	100	100	100	99	100	100	100	99
Final Oilseeds	Payments	100	100	100	99	100	99	100	99	100	99
Main Payments	Payments Applications (B2)	99	95	99	99	100	99	99	99	99	99
BSPS²	1994	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
	Claims (B5) 1994	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
	Advance Payment 1994	98	96	97	95	98	98	98	99	99	98
SCPS³	Claims year 1994	99	92	99	99	99	98	99	99	99	98
HLCA⁴	Claims 1995	89	—	82	86	83	83	90	—	85	85
SAPS	Claims marketing year 1994	93	88	96	96	94	95	94	93	93	94
AIS	Plan claims	90	—	100	100	100	100	100	—	—	99
ESA⁵	Applications	100	100	84	100	99	100	100	100	100	98
	Claims	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
ESA Conservation	Applications	98	100	97	100	100	83	100	100	100	98
Plan	Claims	100	100	96	100	100	100	100	100	—	99
F&CGS 1989	Plan claims	—	—	100	100	100	100	—	—	—	100
	Non plan claims	93	92	98	100	99	99	99	98	100	98
F&CGS 1991	Plan applications	100	100	100	100	98	100	100	—	100	99
	Plan claims	96	95	99	100	99	100	100	93	96	98
FWPS⁵	Applications	100	99	100	100	100	91	96	100	100	98
	Claims	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Injurious Weeds	Complaints	100	100	—	100	97	96	100	—	100	87
NSA Pilot	Claims	100	—	—	100	—	100	100	95	100	99
1994 (new) NSA Scheme⁶	Applications	—	25	—	70	—	10	2	—	69	29
Protection of Badger Act 1992	Licence applications	95	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99
Five Year Set Aside	Claims	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Short Term Lettings	Applications	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	82	100	98
Strychnine Permits	Applications	97	99	93	100	99	99	99	99	99	95
Wages	Complaints	—	—	100	100	—	100	—	81	—	98
Wildlife and Countryside Act	Applications	91	100	100	100	100	100	100	93	79	97
Correspondence⁷		97	97	90	98	96	97	98	98	95	97
¹ The total percentage has been calculated by setting the entire number of applications or claims cleared within the target time against the total number received.
² The period covered is January to December 1994 except for payments where the period covered is 1 November 1994 to 31 January 1995 (or three months from the end of the retention period for claims made after 1 November).
³ The period covered is July 1994 to March 1995.
⁴ The period covered is November 1994 to March 1995.
⁵ ESA and FWPS Claims
Due to a combination of changes in FEOGA reimbursement dates and the difficulties of linkage with Charter targets and payment dates, all payments were made after the target date for 1994–95; most were late by two or three weeks.
⁶ 1994 (new) NSA Scheme
The majority of applications were received at the end of the application period causing overload. Also, the operation of this new scheme proved more complicated than expected.
⁷ The period covered is January to March 1995.
Entries have not been made where the number of cases dealt with were ten or less. However, these numbers have been included in the calculation of total percentage success rates (see footnote 1). The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Scheme and Farm Diversification Grant Scheme have both been omitted from the table as the numbers involved are de minimis.

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