Andrew Bridgen – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Bridgen on 2016-04-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have been subject to penalties for non-compliance with Single Farm Payment Scheme requirements in each of the last five years; and what the total value of those penalties was.

George Eustice

The volume of penalties, plus their value for Single Payment Scheme claims, for the last five years of the scheme are below.

We have not yet finalised information for the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme.