A second progress update on the administration of the Single Payment Scheme by the Rural Payments Agency. Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General

The Rural Payments Agency and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) showed scant regard to protecting public money in their administration and management of the EU’s Single Payment Scheme in England, according to the National Audit Office, according to this report, published on 15 October 2009. In addition to scheme administration, the report examines the recovery of previous overpayments, and the scheme's governance by Defra and the Rural Payments Agency.

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NAO: A second progress update on the administration of the Single Payment Scheme by the Rural Payments Agency, October 2009 http://www.nao.org.uk/whats_new/0809/0809880.aspx

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