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Rural Payments Agency: Complaints

Volume 494: debated on Thursday 25 June 2009

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Greg Mulholland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many complaints in relation to the processing of claims by the Rural Payments Agency his Department has received in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009 . (282037)

Jim Fitzpatrick

[holding answer 24 June 2009]: The following table sets out how many complaints in respect of the single payment scheme have been dealt with by the Rural Payments Agency for the last three years.

Financial year

Number

2006-07

2,569

2007-08

1,149

2008-09

942

Note: 1. Financial years cover the period 1 April to 31 March. 2. The figures for 2008-09 are subject to confirmation in the annual Exchequer audit.