On Wednesday (24th October) the Rural Payments Agency announced the values of entitlements for the three English regions under the 2012 Single Payment Scheme:

• €323.91 for non-SDA (Severely Disadvantaged Areas)
• €260.29 for upland SDA, other than moorland
• €45.47 for upland SDA moorland

This is the first year that all entitlements within each area have the same value. The conversion rate we will apply is €1 = £0.79805 (based on the value of the Euro as at 28 September 2012).

RPA said claimants can now follow the progress of their SPS claim using its SPS Online ‘Track Claims’ service, which is available to all claimants regardless of the means by which they submitted their application. The agency said it will begin making payments as soon as the payment window opens in December.

2012 Entitlements Statements

RPA said will start to make SPS 2012 Entitlements Statements available to view on SPS Online from December 2012. These statements will confirm the number and value of each farmer’s SPS 2012 entitlements. Farmers and agents will be able to print any of their statements from SPS Online.

Paper copies of the Entitlements Statements will be sent out in January 2013, but only to those farmers or agents who applied on paper forms for 2012. We will send guidance notes with the statements and further guidance will be available online.

An agency spokesperson advised farmers and growers to check their 2012 Entitlements Statement and notify RPA in writing as soon as possible if they believe the information shown on the statement is incorrect.

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