Rural Payments Agency: Basic Payment Scheme Debate
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Andrew Gwynne
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Rural Payments Agency: Basic Payment Scheme
Andrew Gwynne Excerpts(9 years, 1 month ago)
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Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab)
I assume that departmental officials produced a risk assessment for Ministers when the move to this system was proposed, so can the Minister today advise the House on what he thinks are the projected costs to be incurred by DEFRA and the RPA, and indeed by farmers and landholders, as a result of this mess?
George Eustice
It is a matter of record that the project is intended to cost in the region of £154 million. All such projects are monitored by the Major Projects Authority within the Cabinet Office.