What we do

We pay out over £2 billion each year to support a thriving farming and food sector.

RPA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, supported by 1 public body.

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Our management

Contact RPA

Rural Payments Agency

PO Box 69

Reading
RG1 3YD

(Official correspondence only)

Find out about call charges at www.gov.uk/call-charges

Defra rural services helpline

Contact the Defra Rural Services helpline for farming-related advice from the Rural Payments Agency.
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm.
You should also call us 24/7 to report suspicion of notifiable disease in animals.
Find out about call charges at www.gov.uk/call-charges.

Cattle tracing

RPA fraud line

RPA fraud referral team
Room 300 North Gate House
PO Box 69

Reading
Berkshire
RG1 3YD

If you suspect that a fraud has been committed, contact us on our freephone fraud line.

Every call will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Agricultural Wages complaints

Agricultural Wages Team
Rural Payments Agency
Sterling House
17 Dix's Field

Exeter
EX1 1QA

Search for 'agricultural wages complaint form' at www.gov.uk for more information.

RPA media enquiries

Press office
Nobel House,
17 Smith Square

London
SW1P 3JR

This telephone number is for press calls only. Please see above for helpline / main switchboard.

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question
  3. Make a new request by contacting us at:

Rural Payments Agency

Information Rights Team
Rural Payments Agency
PO Box 69

Reading
RG1 3YD

FOI requests can be made in writing only, either by post or by email. An EIR request can be made in writing or by phone.

High profile groups within RPA

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

Read about the types of information we routinely publish in our Publication scheme. Find out about our commitment to publishing in Welsh. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information.