Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:47 pm on 3 October 2018.
I think, at the current time, it's about 16,000 people who are in receipt of direct payments. You'll be aware of Rural Payments Wales's excellent performance; we're the best in the UK. I think about 95 per cent of payments went out on 1 December. So, I'm using that group or that team of people within my portfolio, obviously, when we have the schemes in place. There's a huge amount of work to be done before that, but I am confident we do have the capacity.