Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 39980

Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Sustainable Farming Incentive: Common Land

Tabled: 20 March 2025
Answered: 28 March 2025

Question

Richard Foord

Liberal DemocratHoniton and Sidmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that common land can enter (a) Sustainable Farming Incentive and (b) Countryside Stewardship schemes.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
We fully recognise the importance of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) for common land – and we strongly want the schemes to be available to commons as we move forward. We will be reforming the SFI offe...

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