Received 21 June 2021
Decided
Part-Granted
Request Reference 21/238
Requester Type Journalist
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

1. Any briefings documents for senior departmental management (Assistant Secretary or SG level) and/or Ministerial level in relation to delays in GLAS/GLAS+ payments from 1 January 2020 to Present. 2. Annual Data in tabular form on GLAS advance and balance payments to include number of farmers whose payment was delayed; percentage of farmers (from total participants) whose payment was delayed; average length of delay in payment (in months or days); number of farmers who have faced payment delays for 2, 3, 4, or 5 years of the scheme. If this is unavailable to instead provide the numbers that were paid on the first payrun of each GLAS advance and balance payment run. 3. The total amount paid in AEOS by action, for each claim year (ie; the year in which the payment was claimed by the applicant, as opposed to when it was paid) and this data to be for the duration of the AEOS scheme (2010 to 2018). 4. The overall amount paid in REPS for each claim year. This is also to be based on claim year and for the same time period as above. 5. Data in tabular form on GLAS/GLAS+ total amount paid broken down by each individual action under Tier 1, 2 and 3 for which funding is available. Data to also be broken down per tranche if possible.