Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme (SUSSS) statistics: FOI release
- Published
- 25 June 2020
- Topic
- Farming and rural, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202000042277
- Date received
- 14 May 2020
- Date responded
- 12 June 2020
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
1. How many individual claims have made in each year?
2. How many hoggs have been claimed in each year?
3. What has been the payment rate per hogg in each year?
4. What is the total amount paid out in each year?
5. Following inspections how many hoggs have been disqualified in each year?
6. How much has been the amount paid in penalties in each year?
7. What is the difference in amount claimed and what was paid out once disqualified hoggs excluded?
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested. Some data for 2019 is not yet available as payments are on-going.
|
|
Data requested |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
| 1. |
How many individual claims have been made in each year? (*returned as number of unique businesses submitting an application) |
1393 |
1101 |
1181 |
1143 |
1190 |
| 2. |
How many hoggs have been claimed in each year? |
118102 |
112749 |
118268 |
106763 |
117282 |
| 3. |
What has been the payment rate per hogg in each year? |
€78.12 |
€77.08 |
€70.67 |
€76.58 |
€70.00 |
| 4. |
What is the total amount paid out in each year? |
€7,469,240.69 |
€7,584,877.49 |
€7,715,145.54 |
€7,615,806.80 |
Not yet available |
| 5. |
Following inspections how many hoggs have been disqualified in each year? (*returned animals deducted with penalty) |
1475 |
4771 |
1470 |
1875 |
651 |
| 6. |
How much has been the amount paid in penalties in each year? |
€211,343.70 |
€417,541.60 |
€101,902.70 |
€166,403.50 |
Not yet available |
| 7. |
What is the difference in amount claimed and what was paid out once disqualified hoggs excluded? (*returned as difference between initial application claim value and claim value after withdrawals and administrative or on the spot checks) |
€311,855.04 |
€523,064.88 |
€221,338.44 |
€275,917.74 |
Not yet available |
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Email: ceu@gov.scot
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