Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 20070

Agriculture: Grants

Tabled: 13 December 2024
Answered: 18 December 2024

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closure of Capital Grant Applications on (a) farm productivity and (b) food security.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
We have allocated the largest ever budget for sustainable food production through the farming budget. In the first week of December, we paid £343 million into the rural economy, benefiting more than 31,000 farmers. After unprecedented demand, parts of the...

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