Subject	Predicate	Object
JO7OnTsw	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	tFVp6nKW
	answer has answering person	Charles George Eustice
	answer text	<p>Since the introduction of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2015, the Rural Payments Agency has made improvements in the processing of applications including the introduction of online applications, online land and entitlement transfers, reducing the time to process transactions, and further support and guidance to help farmers successfully submit their applications. This has led to improvements in the BPS payment performance with over 90% of eligible farmers being paid by the end of December for the 2016 and 2017 scheme years.</p><p> </p>
	answer given date	2018-04-26
	answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	written answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has written answer	JO7OnTsw
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has answer	JO7OnTsw
tFVp6nKW	question has answer	JO7OnTsw
Charles George Eustice	answering person has answer	JO7OnTsw