Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what costs (a) her Department and (b) the Royal Payments Agency have incurred through reverting to a paper based system for claiming under the Basic Payments Scheme.
Exact costs of the change to the new approach for the Basic Payment Scheme 2015 to Defra and Rural Payments Agency are still being assessed.