Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 63824

Agriculture: Subsidies

Tabled: 30 June 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

Jayne Kirkham

Labour (Co-op)Truro and Falmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a replacement to the Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Legislation was introduced in July 2023 that prevents English Producer Organisations submitting new operational programmes and the extension of existing programmes that would end on or after 1 January 2026. This effectively closed the scheme in England.Ou...

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