Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 68396

Farms: Nature Conservation

Tabled: 16 July 2025
Answered: 21 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Steve Barclay

ConservativeNorth East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Spring Statement 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the funding of the Farming and Countryside Programme on the net number of

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
We are increasing the budget for sustainable farming and are investing more than £2.7 billion a year in farming and nature recovery. Funding for the Environmental Land Management Schemes paid to farmers will increase by 150% from £800 million in 2023/24 t...

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