Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 38021

Agriculture: Grants

Tabled: 13 March 2025

Answered: 21 March 2025

Question

Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat — Westmorland and Lonsdale

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken between capital grants and investment on the cash flow of farmers.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The rules applied to capital grant schemes by Defra means that payments made on capital works are made only when the works are complete and paid for by the farmer. Farmers can make multiple claims for items of a high value over a period, so farmers do not...

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