Arable Area Payments: Outstanding Claims (Hansard, 19 February 2001)

HL Deb 19 February 2001 vol 622 c86WA 86WA

§ Baroness Byford
asked Her Majesty's Government:
What proportion of Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) payments, by number and by value, has not yet reached the farmers for whom they were intended. [HL637]

§ Baroness Hayman
In respect of payments under the Arable Area Payments Scheme for the 2000 harvest, EU Regulations require that payments for crops, other than non-food crops grown on set-aside land, are made by 31 January following harvest. At that date some 3 per cent by number and 1.98 per cent by value of claims remained outstanding. Payments for the majority are expected to be made in the first two weeks of February.