To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of Single Payment Scheme payments for 2008 have been made in England. (246103)

[holding answer 12 January 2009]: As at 31 December 2008, single payment scheme (SPS) 2008 payments of over £967.6 million have been made to 69,187 claimants. This equates to 59.3 per cent. of an estimated fund value of £1.63 billion, paid to 64.99 per cent. of the estimated number of claimants of 106,500.