Press Release: Rural Payments Agency needs radical improvement

The UK Agriculture Minister, Jim Paice said, on 20 July 2010, that the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), an Executive Agency of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) must change to deliver better value for money and a better experience for its customers. His remarks were in response to an independent review of the organisation and its operations, which was initiated by Defra in September 2009.

• Primary Source

United Kingdom: Defra: News, 20.7.10: Written Ministerial Statement on 2013 Review of the Rural Payments Agency http://ww2.defra.gov.uk/2010/07/20/rpa-written-ministerial-statement/

United Kingdom: Defra: Press Release, 4.3.11: Update on 2010 Single Payment Scheme http://ww2.defra.gov.uk/news/2011/03/04/update-on-2010-single-payment-scheme/

United Kingdom: Defra: News, 18.5.11: Minister updates Parliament on Single Payment Scheme progress http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2011/05/18/update-sps/

United Kingdom: Defra: News, 5.7.11: Update on Single Payment Scheme http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2011/07/05/single-payment-scheme-2/

United Kingdom: Defra: Press Release, 31.3.11: Minister updates Parliament on Single Payment scheme progress http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2011/03/31/single-payment-scheme/

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