GOV.UK
Euro exchange rate set for 2016 Basic Payment Scheme payments
BPS payments for England are set in Euros and then converted into sterling. The rate for 2016 has now been set.
Rural Payments
Agency
First £1 million paid to help recovery of flood-hit farmers
Over £1 million has been paid out by the government to more than 180 flood-hit farmers to help their business recovery after last winter’s storms.
RPA sets out plans for resolving farmers’ BPS 2015 queries
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has set out what it is now doing to resolve remaining queries for 2015 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments.
Guide to cross compliance in England 2016
RPA publishes rules for cross compliance in England for 2016 on GOV.UK
Latest
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Countryside Stewardship: Mid Tier (including water quality capital items) manual
- updated
- Guidance
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Countryside Stewardship
- updated
- Collection
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Euro exchange rate set for 2016 Basic Payment Scheme payments
- published
- Press release
What we do
We pay out over £2 billion each year to support a thriving farming and food sector.
RPA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Documents
Our announcements
Our publications
Our statistics
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Cross compliance: 2013 inspection results
- Official Statistics
Our management
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Mark Grimshaw
Chief Executive, RPA
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Nicola Bettesworth
Human Resources Director, RPA
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Anne-Marie Millar
Finance, Assurance and Commercial Director, RPA
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Arik Dondi
External Relations Director, RPA
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Ed Schofield
Information and Technology Director, RPA
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Ian Hewett
Change Director, RPA
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Paul Caldwell
Operations Director, RPA
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John Carter
Planning and Performance Director, RPA
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Justin Chamberlain
Customer Director, RPA
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Emma Appleby
Design Director, RPA
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Alison Webster
Rural Development Director, RPA
Contact RPA
Rural Payments Agency
PO Box 69
Reading
RG1 3YD
Email ruralpayments@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Main switchboard 03000 200 301
(Official correspondence only)
Find out about call charges at www.gov.uk/call-charges
Cattle tracing
Email bcms-enquiries@bcms.rpa.gsi.gov.uk
0345 050 1234 (General) 0345 050 3456 (Welsh)
RPA fraud line
RPA fraud referral team
Room 300 North Gate House
PO Box 69
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 3YD
Email fraudinconfidence@rpa.gsi.gov.uk
Fraud line (freephone) 0800 347 347
If you suspect that a fraud has been committed, contact us on our freephone fraud line.
Every call will be treated in the strictest confidence.
RPA Press Office
RPA Press office
North Gate House,
Valpy Street,
Reading,
RG1 1AF
Email corporatecommunications@rpa.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone 03300 416503
This telephone number is for press calls only. Please see above for helpline / main switchboard.
Agricultural Wages complaints
Agricultural Wages Team
Rural Payments Agency
Sterling House
17 Dix's Field
Exeter
EX1 1QA
Email agriwages@rpa.gsi.gov.uk
Agricultural Wages Team 01392 315719
Search for 'agricultural wages complaint form' at www.gov.uk for more information.
Defra rural services helpline
Defra rural services helpline 03000 200 301
Farmers in England can contact the helpline Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm for advice from the Animal and Plant Health Agency and the Rural Payments Agency.
Make an FOI request
- Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request
- Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question
- Make a new request by contacting us at:
High profile groups within RPA
Corporate information
Jobs and contracts
Read about the types of information we routinely publish in our Publication scheme. Find out about our commitment to publishing in the Welsh language scheme. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information.