RPA Remittance advice guidance
When you receive a payment from RPA, we’ll also send you a remittance advice which gives details about your payment.
Applies to England
Read the information below which explains what is shown on your remittance advice.
BACS Ref
This is the BACS payment reference that will appear on your bank statement.
Agreement and Claim Number
For most customers, this is your claim number.
However, for Environmental Stewardship, the invoice number and agreement reference number is shown.
For Countryside Stewardship, this is the agreement reference number. If you have multiple Countryside Stewardship agreements, a maximum of 3 agreement numbers are listed. If the text ‘additional agreements’ shows on your invoice, it means that you have more than the 3 agreements listed.
For the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot, this is the agreement reference number.
For the 2022 round of the Sustainable Farming Incentive, this number will be made up of the invoice number and agreement number, followed by the payment request number.
Scheme
This is the scheme the payment relates to.
For Countryside Stewardship, this will also show whether the claim is ‘Capital’ or ‘Revenue’.
Marketing year
This is the year relating to the claim and payment.
However, for Countryside Stewardship, the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot and the 2022 round of the Sustainable Farming Incentive, this is the year the agreement started.
Transaction Date
This is the date the payment was made. The payment is likely to reach your bank account 2 working days after this date.
Amount and Transaction Currency
This is the value and currency of the payment that was paid into your bank account.
Contact RPA
Rural Payments Helpline
Email ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk
Helpline 03000 200 301
Updates to this page
Last updated 30 September 2022 + show all updates
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Added information on the agreement and claim number and marketing year for 2022 Sustainable Farming Incentive customers.
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SFI information added
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First published.