{"value":{"id":519151,"askingMemberId":1566,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2016-05-18T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2016-05-23T00:00:00","uin":"37414","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of farmers who have received (a) a payment and (b) full payment from the Rural Payments Agency under the Basic Payment Scheme in 2015.","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3934,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2016-05-26T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Rural Payments Agency estimates that as of 22 May 2016, 86375 (99%) claimants have received a payment on their 2015 BPS claim. Of these 79,633 have received a claim payment; 6561 bridging payments; and 181 a manual hardship payment. There are a number of claims where processing has been completed successfully but they have not resulted in a payment for reasons such as the claim being under minimum claim size, or the Agency awaiting information on probate cases.</p><p>The Rural Payments Agency will continue to make full payments throughout the remainder of the payment window up to the end of June 2016.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Agriculture: Subsidies","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/519151","method":"GET"}]}