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It takes the average reader and 44 minutes to read Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Rural Payments Agency by Great Britain. National Audit Office

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The EU Single Payment Scheme replaced 11 previous subsidies to farmers based on agricultural production with one payment for land management. The European Commission gave some discretion to Member States over how to implement the scheme, and the Rural Payments Agency, which is responsible for administering the scheme in England, opted for the dynamic hybrid model which incorporates elements of previous entitlement and new regionalised area payments based on a flat rate per hectare. This NAO report examines the problems encountered by the Agency and by Defra in the implementation of the scheme in England. It finds that the timetable to introduce the scheme was tight, but became tighter following changes to the original specification of the IT system. The Agency underestimated the risks and complexities involved, and the IT system was never tested as a whole before the scheme was introduced, with problems arising once it went live. The Agency did not adequately pilot land registration and underestimated the amount of work involved in mapping the land. It also underestimated the amount of work involved in processing each claim, and had to rely on often inexperienced temporary and agency staff to clear the backlog. Problems in implementing the Scheme were not picked up early enough, both by the Agency and Defra, for corrective action to be taken in time. These difficulties resulted in the Agencys failure to meet its own target to pay 96 per cent of payments by the end of March 2006, and have undermined the farming industrys confidence in the Agency. Delayed payments have cost farmers money in additional interest and bank charges, and caused distress to a significant minority of farmers, particularly hill farmers. The cost of implementing the scheme was budgeted at £76 million but rose to £122 million by March 2006, with further cost increases likely. There is a risk that errors in payments and other procedural mistakes will result in the European Commission disallowing a substantial amount of the expenditure; and the Agency is unlikely to be able to remedy all the problems identified in time for the 2006 scheme.

How long is Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Rural Payments Agency?

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Rural Payments Agency by Great Britain. National Audit Office is 44 pages long, and a total of 11,176 words.

This makes it 15% the length of the average book. It also has 14% more words than the average book.

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The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 1 minute to read Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Rural Payments Agency aloud.

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Rural Payments Agency is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

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