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Find out how the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) handles your personal data
The Rural Payments Agency's annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021.
Key dates timeline for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Countryside Stewardship (CS), Environmental Stewardship (ES) and the Lump Sum Exit Scheme.
What land use codes to use in 2023 when declaring land in a rural payments application such as the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Countryside Stewardship (CS).
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has decided that common land should have been allocated differently under SPS. This means that some commons now have more eligible area which farmers can claim entitlements and payments for.
How to contact us
Information for project owners about inspections the Rural Payments Agency carries out on projects funded by the programme.
The main decision-making, executive and managerial bodies at the Rural Payments Agency.
Rural Payments Agency publishes information each year on areas in which we measure our performance and the standards and targets we apply against these indicators.
To be eligible for payments in England under the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) and rural development schemes, agricultural land must be registered on the Rural Land Register (RLR).
This policy and supporting documents provide the framework to ensure RPA meets legal obligations under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018).
How we use external suppliers for goods and services.
You can transfer land parcels and BPS entitlements using the Rural Payments service
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