Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 20401
Environmental Land Management Schemes
Tabled: 16 December 2024
Answered: 23 December 2024
Question
Charlie Dewhirst
Conservative — Bridlington and The Wolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department had with farmers before freezing the capital grant scheme.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Capital Grants scheme has been closed to new agreements following unprecedented demand this Autumn, which would use all the available funding. We are forecast to spend more on capital grants this year than ever before. This is only possible because we...
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