Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 39245

Environmental Land Management Schemes

Tabled: 18 March 2025

Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

Aphra Brandreth

Conservative — Chester South and Eddisbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the viability of farming businesses (a) whose government funding has reduced by 70% or more and (b) which are currently unable to apply for the (i) Susta

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

Whilst applications for the SFI24 scheme have closed, the current SFI budget has been successfully allocated. We have large-scale uptake of the scheme, with over 37,000 live SFI agreements which commit money for at least three years, and more than half of...

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