Payments claimed on agricultural land: EIR release

Information requested

I’m looking for a freedom of information request regarding payments claimed on agricultural land.

Has there been SFP claimed on any of the field NT numbers that make up the holding 88/638/0010 in the period 2015-2025 and if so which years and how many units.

Has there been LFASS claimed on the field NT numbers that make up the holding 88/638/0010 in the period 2015-2025 and if so which years and how many acres.

Has there been any SFS claimed on any of the NT numbers that make up the Holding 88/638/0014 in the period 2015-2025 and if so which years and how many units

Has there been any LFASS claimed on any of the NT numbers that make up the holding 88/638/0014 in the period 2015-2025 and if so which years and many acres

Response

As the information you have requested is 'environmental information' for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.

This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request.

You have requested details for SFP (Sigle Farm Payment), however, as this was replaced by Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2015 the information provided below relates to this scheme. Area is given in hectares (ha) as this is how we hold the information.

Scheme Year	638/0010 BPS Claimed Area (ha)	638/0014 BPS Claimed Area (ha)	Total (ha)		Scheme Year	638/0010 LFASS Claimed Area (ha)	638/0014 LFASS Claimed Area (ha)	Total (ha)
2015	497.40	534.39	1031.79		2015	518.59	539.19	1057.78
2016	515.04	538.07	1053.11		2016	515.04	538.07	1053.11
2017	525.87	543.11	1068.98		2017	525.87	543.11	1068.98
2018	526.29	543.11	1069.40		2018	526.29	543.11	1069.40
2019	518.38	548.06	1066.44		2019	518.38	548.06	1066.44
2020	522.36	546.42	1068.78		2020	522.36	546.42	1068.78
2021	522.59	531.34	1053.93		2021	522.59	531.34	1053.93
2022	522.59	543.43	1066.02		2022	522.59	543.43	1066.02
2023	522.27	543.43	1065.70		2023	522.27	543.43	1065.70
2024	522.27	543.43	1065.70		2024	522.27	543.43	1065.70
2025	522.27	543.43	1065.70		2025	522.27	543.43	1065.70

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