Articles on rural payments agency

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Westminster insiders on why gov't IT is doomed

...delays to £1.5bn-worth of farm payments caused by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) tech. "What we need is more openness - the OGC was... Read more

Mar 26, 2009

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'Cumbersome, complex, potentially obsolete': The £350m Whitehall IT systems

'Cumbersome, complex, potentially obsolete': The £350m Whitehall IT systems

...watchdog. The systems, known as Rita and Oregon, are used by Rural Payments Agency (RPA) to administer the Single Payment Scheme (SPS), which distributes subsidies... Read more

Dec 16, 2009

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IT helps sloppy contract handling cost UK £160m

...between £160m and £290m per year. The chaotic implementation of the Rural Payments Agency computer system, and the subsequent problems with payments to farmers, is... Read more

Dec 19, 2008

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The A to Z of wireless

The A to Z of wireless

...an electronic communications service, and (b) does so with intent to avoid payment of a charge applicable to the provision of that service, is guilty... Read more

Aug 11, 2009

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£1.5bn farm subsidy chaos: "Inept" planning blamed

...5bn of vital EU subsidies to thousands of UK farmers. The Rural Payments Agency is responsible for administering the Single Payment Scheme, introduced following a... Read more

Sep 6, 2007

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MPs blame IT for late  payments  to farmers

MPs blame IT for late payments to farmers

...system for the late payment of government subsidies to farmers. The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is currently facing "substantial" problems in making payments to farmers... Read more

Mar 29, 2006

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Farmers to finally get £1.5bn subsidy cash after IT woes

...5bn of subsidies owed to farmers had been paid by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA). The SPS was introduced following a 2003 reform of the... Read more

May 12, 2006

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Biggest spenders on IT in government revealed

...13 million benefits payments electronically every week...But not all agencies are spending giant...Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - £153m Department... Read more

Jan 10, 2007

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Farmers' IT system hurt by lack of testing

Farmers' IT system hurt by lack of testing

...management. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Rural Payments Agency aimed to start payments in February and make 96 per cent... Read more

Oct 18, 2006

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Government services miss online deadline

...at the Environment Agency. Fish Quota Allocations...Environment Food and Rural Affairs. Bus Operators...Practitioners, and redundancy payments at the Department... Read more

Apr 12, 2006