Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 901884
Agriculture: Grants
Tabled: 12 December 2024
Answered: 19 December 2024
Named DayQuestion
Sir Desmond Swayne
Conservative — New Forest West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of temporarily closing the capital grants scheme for new applications on farmers.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerWe 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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