Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 38020

Agriculture: Subsidies

Tabled: 13 March 2025

Answered: 25 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 adequacy of the alignment of the timing of funding schemes for farmers with the farming calendar.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

Defra will be opening the Environmental Land Management (ELM) Capital Grant scheme and the new Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier offer in the Summer on a rolling application window basis. This will enable farmers to apply throughout the year, while enab...

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