Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 38184

Farmers: Recruitment

Tabled: 13 March 2025
Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to open environmental schemes to increased numbers of farmers.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
This Government has secured the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history, with £5 billion being spent to support farmers over a two-year period. Defra has closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for the submission of ...

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