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RDPE Growth Programme: Rural Broadband Infrastructure grant
Grant funding for projects in England which create broadband infrastructure in rural areas - what is available and how to apply.
Rural Payments
Agency
BPS 2017 payments exchange rate set
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has confirmed the exchange rate for Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2017 payments made in sterling.
BPS 2018
Updates to the greening rules for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2018 have been announced.
Countryside Productivity Scheme
How to apply for grants and submit an application under the Countryside Productivity Scheme
£200 million boost for rural England
Grants expected to generate more than 6,000 new jobs overall and support growth of rural businesses and broadband projects.
Latest
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Rural Payments: registering and updating your details
- updated
- Guidance
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Register land you use to keep livestock
- published
- Guidance
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BPS 2017
- updated
- Guidance
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, supported by 1 public body.
Documents
Our announcements
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BPS 2017 payments exchange rate set
- News story
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£200 million boost for rural England
- Press release
Our publications
Our statistics
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Cross compliance: 2013 inspection results
- Official Statistics
Our management
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Paul Caldwell
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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Ed Schofield
Information and Technology Director, RPA
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John Carter
Planning and Performance 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
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.
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.
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.
RPA media enquiries
Press office
Nobel House,
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
Contact form https://www.gov.uk/gui...
Telephone 020 8225 7318
Out of Hours (queries before 9am and after 6pm on weekdays, and on weekends and public holidays) 0345 051 8486
This telephone number is for press calls only. Please see above for helpline / main switchboard.
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
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