Common Agricultural Policy - reform

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CAP reform - Single Payment Scheme

The CAP reform will simplify the application arrangements for subsidy payments by replacing ten major CAP payment schemes with one new single payment. Farmers will have greater freedom to farm to the demands of the market as subsidies will be decoupled from production. At the same time, environmentally friendly farming practices will be better acknowledged and rewarded. The implementation of the CAP reform is central to England's Strategy for Sustainable Farming and Food.

This website aims to provide the latest guidance on the Single Payment Scheme, with information on policy as it is developed and introduced.

What's new?

The latest updates on this website

What are the reforms?

See Single Payment Scheme - Policies

Need more detailed information?

The 'Questions and Answers' provide clarification on policy. This section is updated to include answers to questions that are frequently received by the Defra helpline and policy correspondence team.

Your payment

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA), an Executive Agency of Defra, is the single paying agency responsible for CAP schemes in England and certain schemes throughout the UK. For information relating to payment please refer to the RPA’s website www.rpa.gov.uk.

Note: The information on the CAP reform implementation applies to England only - for information on CAP Reform in the other parts of the United Kingdom, contact the appropriate Devolved Administration..