Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 112464

Hill Farming: Finance

Tabled: 10 February 2026
Answered: 18 February 2026

Question

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal DemocratTiverton and Minehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to financially support upland farmers in areas such as Exmoor.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra is working with Dr Hilary Cottam to develop a place-based approach for what uplands communities need, co-designing solutions to specific problems. The Government recently announced the extension of the Farming in Protected Landscape (FiPL) programme...

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