Contact the Rural Payments Agency

Business: Farming

    Contact the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) by email, post or phone if you have an enquiry about rural payments, inspections or livestock tracing.

    The RPA runs over 40 agricultural schemes and services including the:

    • Single Payment Scheme (SPS)
    • British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS)
    • Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate

    You can apply for and manage your farming subsidy under the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) online.

    Queries about an RPA scheme

    If you have a specific query about a scheme, contact the RPA customer service centre, or the BCMS customer service centre if it’s about cattle tracing.

    RPA customer service centre
    CSC@rpa.gsi.gov.uk
    Telephone: 0845 603 7777

    Cattle tracing: BCMS customer service centre
    bcms-enquiries@bcms.rpa.gsi.gov.uk
    Telephone: 0845 050 1234
    Telephone (Welsh): 0845 050 3456

    Find out about call charges.

    General enquiries

    For general enquiries, email enquiries@rpa.gsi.gov.uk or call the RPA customer service centre.

    You can also write to the RPA.

    Rural Payments Agency

    PO Box 300

    Sheffield

    S95 1AA

    Contact the Rural Payments Agency for enquires about rural payments, inspections and livestock tracing