Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 5245

Environmental Land Management Schemes

Tabled: 10 September 2024
Answered: 25 September 2024

Question

Rebecca Smith

ConservativeSouth West Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to enable agri-environment agreement applications before the current agreements expire.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Farmers with existing agri-agreements can apply to enter the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) if the activities under each scheme are compatible and they will not be paid twice for a similar activity on the same area of land at the same time. We are fu...

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