Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 21 March 2007.
Terms of Reference
Occupants of principal ministerial and officials positions
Overview
Introduction
Single Payment Scheme implementation
Establishment of the RPA and the Change Programme
CAP reform and Defra decisions on SPS implementation
How the decision on the dynamic hybrid was made
The task facing the RPA
Renegotiation of the Accenture contract and software delivery
Confirmation of England's SPS policy
Governance arrangements
Defra and the RPA review the timetable for implementation and payments
Staff reductions in the RPA
The SPS begins
Mapping problems
The volume of work in processing applications
The Office of Government Commerce
The final months before the start of payments
The RPA is unable to make payments as promised
The removal of Johnston McNeill
What went wrong?
RPA efforts to recover and plans for the future
Progress with 2006 payments
Accountability
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex: Timeline of significant events and milestones affecting the implementation of the Single Payment Scheme in England
Formal minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
List of unprinted written evidence
Reports from the Committee since 2004
ORAL AND WRITTEN EVIDENCE - HC107-II 11 January 2006 24 April 2006 8 May 2006 15 May 2006 22 May 2006 28 June 2006 23 October 2006 27 November 2006 6 December 2006 15 January 2007 Written Evidence