Defra has announced the Basic Payments Scheme (BPS) entitlement rates for 2021. They are £233.30/ha for non-SDA land and £231.60/ha for SDA regions other than Moorland. The Moorland SDA rate is £64/ha.
All rates are set in Sterling and are before the cuts to direct payments in England which begin this year, at a minimum of 5% for payments of less than £30,000.
Defra confirmed that, ‘Reductions will be applied to the total payment the farmer would have been due in each year, including the total BPS payment and any young farmer payment. The money saved by the reduction in Direct Payments will be invested back into new schemes to support farming and the countryside, such as the Sustainable Farming Incentive and the Farming Investment Fund.’