Common Agricultural Policy reform: implementation in England
Read the full outcome
Detail of outcome
We received 4,928 responses to this consultation.
The first summary of responses was published on 19 December 2013. An additional summary of responses and government response for the remaining issues was published on 26 February 2014.
On 25 April 2014 the government decision on the moorland rate was announced.
On 10 June 2014 the government decision on greening was announced. The evidence summary on the implementation of changes to cross compliance in England was also published.
Original consultation
Consultation description
This consultation is seeking views on how we should implement the next round of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) in England for 2015 to 2020. CAP is the EU’s programme to support farming, the environment and rural development across Europe.
In particular, we are seeking views on issues relating to:
- direct payments to farmers
- greening requirements of direct payments
- what transfer in England is made between the budget for direct payments to the budget for Rural Development
- the focus of the Rural Development Programme
This consultation will be of interest to farmers, land managers, rural businesses and those working in the rural economy or with a role in environment management.
Workshops
In addition to the consultation, we will be hosting workshops around the country in November. They will last approximately two and half hours and will be facilitated by Defra policy officials who will provide an update on CAP implementation and then seek input on a number of key questions included within the consultation. The output from the workshops will feed in to the CAP consultation.
More information and how to register your interest to attend a workshop.
Updates to this page
Published 31 October 2013Last updated 17 June 2014 + show all updates
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Replaced the evidence summary on the implementation of changes to cross compliance in England document - corrected typo on page 11.
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Added document: 'Government decisions on cross compliance'
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Added decision paper on greening and evidence summary for cross compliance measures.
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Added the 'Government decision on the moorland rate' document.
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Summary of responses and government response on remaining issues published.
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Summary of response and government response document added.
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First published.