Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 19630

Agriculture: Subsidies

Tabled: 11 December 2024

Answered: 20 December 2024

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) grants and (b) subsidies available to farmers for (i) adopting new technologies and (ii) improving farm infrastructure.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

Within the Farming Innovation Programme Defra has supported over 260 projects with over £130 million of Government investment awarded in contracts. Within the Farming Investment Fund schemes Defra has paid out over £164 million to date in capital grants t...

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