Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 1487

Farmers: Government Assistance

Tabled: 24 July 2024
Answered: 29 July 2024
Named Day

Question

Steve Barclay

ConservativeNorth East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to increase support for farmers to mitigate the impacts of crops (a) lost and (b) not planted due to wet weather.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Farming Recovery Fund is a contribution towards uninsured costs that have likely been incurred in re-establishing productive, farmable land in areas significantly damaged by water, caused by flooding from Storms Babet and Henk or exceptional rainfall ...

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