EIR/202500468020 · FOI/EIR · partially withheld
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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Detected exemption language
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.
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