Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 98046

Environmental Land Management Schemes

Tabled: 8 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

Liberal DemocratNewbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the speed of the roll out of the Environmental Land Management Scheme.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes remain at the centre of our offer for farmers and nature, putting us on the path to a more resilient and sustainable farming sector. The Department now has more than half of farmers in an ELM scheme, including o...

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