To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) adjusted payments have been made, (b) cases are under review, (c) claimants have not received any payment and (d) claimants are awaiting their balance payment having already received a partial payment under the 2005 Single Payment Scheme. (136339)

[holding answer 8 May 2007]: Of the 25,000 cases subject to review that my right hon. Friend reported in his statement of 22 February 2007, Official Report, column 59WS, entitlements have been adjusted for 5,500 claimants and confirmed as correct for 2,500 claimants. The net number now under review is approximately 22,000.

There are 19 claimants who have not received any SPS 2005 payment and five claimants awaiting their balance payment after having received a partial payment. The majority of these 24 are probate cases.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he expects to meet the payment deadline for the 2006 single payment scheme. (137486)

I refer the right hon. Member to the written ministerial statement made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 15 May 2007, Official Report, column 29WS.