Question
What progress they have made in paying in full the single farm payments for 2005.
Answer
My Lords, I refer the noble Baroness to the detailed Written Statement that I made this morning, which reported the latest position at the close of the 2005 single payment scheme window on 30 June. In summary, as of that date, more than £1.438 billion had been paid from the total fund; 91,720 applicants had received a full payment; and a further 16,168 had received a partial payment but still await the remainder of their claim. This leaves an estimated 8,500 claimants who are yet to receive a payment, of whom approximately 460 have claims valued at more than €1,000. These remaining claims are complex, but they remain the agency’s topmost priority.