Cross Compliance inspection statistics

Date published: 13 June, 2023

For recent changes to this guidance, please see the bottom of the page.

Listed here is the number and level of separate breaches found under each Statutory Management Requirement (SMRs) and Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAECs) during Cross Compliance-related inspections.

There is also information relating to the number and level of payment reductions applied to claims once the various capping and repetition rules have been applied.

Please note: 'Current statistics' listed here are the most recently available.

Section Change
Current statistics We have added additional information regarding 2022 breach figures
Previous statistics We have updated information regarding 2020 breach figures. 2021 breach figures were also updated and moved to this section.