Guidance

How to make a complaint about how RPA uses your personal data

Updated 23 October 2024

If you have concerns or a complaint about the way the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) handles your personal data, please email RPA’s Information Rights Team at [email protected]

Or write to: 

RPA Information Rights Team
Rural Payments Agency 
Eden Bridge House
Lowther Street
Carlisle
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CA3 8DX

Or you can email RPA’s Data Protection Lead (DPL) at RPA[email protected] or write to:

RPA Data Protection Lead 
Rural Payments Agency 
King’s Meadow House 
King’s Meadow Road 
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RG1 8DQ

Or you can email Defra’s Data Protection Officer (DPO) at [email protected] or write to:

Defra Group Data Protection Officer 
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
SW Quarter 
2nd floor 
Seacole Block 
2 Marsham Street 
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SW1P 4DF

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) prefers complaints to be directed to the organisation and its DPO in the first instance. If you are unhappy with the outcome following contact with RPA’s DPL or Defra’s DPO, you can email [email protected] or write to:

Information Commissioner’s Office 
Wycliffe House 
Water Lane 
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SK9 5AF

Any complaint to RPA, Defra or ICO is without prejudice to your right to seek redress through the courts. Full details are on the .