Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 28193

Environmental Land Management Schemes

Tabled: 3 February 2025
Answered: 24 February 2025

Question

Ben Maguire

Liberal DemocratNorth Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason Sustainable Farming Incentive and Environmental Land Management scheme payments have been delayed.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Sustainable Farming Incentive Scheme has a rolling application window, and quarterly payments begin four months after the start of an accepted agreement. As of 04 February, the Rural Payments Agency has 35,949 accepted agreement offers for which a pay...

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