Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 56861

Environmental Land Management Schemes

Tabled: 3 June 2025

Answered: 11 June 2025

Question

James Cartlidge

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to improve the Environmental Land Management scheme.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

This Government inherited an Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme, the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), which was uncapped, despite a finite farming budget. We reached the upper limit in March.Now is the right time for a reset via the reformed S...

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