DEFRA Penalties for Single Payment
Lord Rooker has advised the House of Lords (Written Answers, 8th January 2008, col 189) that:
- £63 million pounds has been paid in penalties to the EU for failing to make sufficient Single Payments in time for 2005
- £7 million has been identified as a potential penalty for subsequent payments
- a provision of £348 million has been made against disallowances by the EU for breaches of rules on making payments under SPS for 2005 and 2006 as well as previous schemes.