Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 127408

Environmental Land Management Schemes: Common Land

Tabled: 15 April 2026

Answered: 20 April 2026

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Question

Sir Desmond Swayne

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will instruct the Rural Payments Agency to implement a manual system to process applications for ELM schemes on Common land.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) recognises the importance of commons to the delivery of environmental outcomes. The RPA is currently assessing how common land can access Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier and is actively exploring both on and off system ...

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