SPS Online – Register and use it now !
If you register and enrol for SPS Online now, you can track the progress of your 2010 claim and view your Claim or Entitlements Statements. And of course you will then be set up and ready to make your 2011 application online once the claim period opens. So what does SPS Online offer ?
SPS Online Services:
Track Claims allows you to track the progress of SPS applications submitted from the 2009 scheme year onwards, regardless of whether you submitted your application electronically or on paper. Find out quickly if RPA need more information from you to progress your claim and reply to them electronically at a time that suits you. Agents can view summary claim status and outstanding action information for all of their clients, as well as being able to access the same information individual clients would see.
View Statements allows you to view online a printable version of all Claim and Entitlements Statements RPA has sent to you for the 2009 scheme year onwards. You will also have the option to either save a copy of the statements or print them. Agents can view their client list, as well as being able to view, save or print the same statements individual clients would see.
Make a Claim - In 2010 over 13,000 farmers and agents submitted their SPS application using SPS Online. The experience of these farmers and agents was overwhelmingly positive, with 98% of those that provided feedback saying they would apply again online and 96% saying they would recommend it to others.
Applying online can be quicker, easier and more re-assuring than filling out and posting a paper application form:
• QUICKER – you can access and amend your pre-populated SPS data, and submit your application to us electronically – no postal delays !
• EASIER – you can check your application for common errors so you can correct them before you submit.
• REASSURING – you receive an instant an on-screen acknowledgement that your application has been received.
Now is the time to go online !
If you want to access these services you’ll need to register and enrol. You will need to use the PIN number RPA issued earlier this year, and follow the guidance sent with it. If you do not have your PIN don’t worry you can request another at www.rpa.gov.uk/spsonline by selecting the Request a PIN link, or by calling RPA’s Customer Service Centre on 0845 603 7777.
More detailed information about SPS Online and Farm Software is available from the RPA website, along with presentations of the service, FAQs and a copy of the Guidance Booklet on how to register and enrol. You can also obtain further information by calling RPA’s Customer Service Centre on 0845 603 7777.
