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New CAP payments website goes live

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS News Release (News Release ref :315/08) issued by COI News Distribution Service. 30 September 2008

A new web service detailing payments made to beneficiaries under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has gone live.

From today the details of all payments made via rural development schemes in the UK from 1 January 2007 to 15 October 2007 will be available on the internet. Welcoming the launch of the website Farming Minister Lord Rooker said;

"This is an important step forward in making information about public money and how it is spent more freely available.

The UK is an enthusiastic supporter of this EU-wide initiative, under which all Member States are obliged to publish relevant data."

The web pages can be viewed at http://cap-payments.defra.gov.uk/

From 30 April 2009 details will be added for beneficiaries of all CAP schemes, including the Single Payment Scheme, during the year from 16 October 2007 to 15 October 2008.

Thereafter information will be published annually for the preceding CAP financial year (i.e. the year ended 15 October).

Notes for Editors

1. The CAP payments website has been developed in accordance with European Commission Regulation (EC) 259/2008

2. In line with guidance from the European Data Protection Supervisor, the information shown will include the name, the local town and the first part of the postcode for each recipient, together with the total payments received by that beneficiary.

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