RPA continues impressive SPS performance
The Rural Payments Agency has continued its excellent Single Payment Scheme (SPS) performance, paying 99.3 percent of applicants by the end of March.
The Rural Payments Agency has continued its excellent Single Payment Scheme (SPS) performance, paying 99.3 percent of applicants by the end of March.
The Agency, which had already achieved its end of March targets more than five weeks ahead of schedule, has now paid more than 103,000 customers. The latest figures also show that 99.5 percent of the estimated fund value has now been paid.
RPA Chief Executive Mark Grimshaw said: “The Agency’s performance on SPS has been impressive and we have maintained our momentum throughout the payment window.
“Even though we exceeded both our domestic performance targets and the EU benchmark way ahead of schedule, we are not resting on our laurels, and have focused our efforts on paying those claims which have needed more work as quickly as possible.”
RPA continues to focus on the small number of applications where payment has not been made and the agency is working with these customers to gather necessary additional information from them, or other third parties, as quickly as possible.
RPA met its end of December SPS target on the first banking day of this year’s payment window, paying more than £1.38 billion to more than 95,000 farmers. It met its end of March target on 15 February, paying 98.4 percent of SPS customers and 97.2 percent of the estimated fund value.
