Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 102255
Agriculture: Subsidies
Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026
Question
David Smith
Labour — North Northumberland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reassurance she can give to farmers whose cashflow relies on Higher Tier payments arriving in early December and who have not received their payments yet from the Rural Payments A
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe 2025 payment window opened on 1 December, and by mid-December around three quarters of eligible farmers had already received their Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship payments. The Agency continues to work hard improving payment perf...
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