Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 33318

Sustainable Farming Incentive

Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 4 March 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the temporary closure of capital grants within the Sustainable Farming Incentive on (a) the Great Big Dorset Hedge pr

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Defra paused the standalone Capital Grant scheme, which includes grants to plant hedgerows, due to unprecedented demand. Defra announced on 24 February that all applications submitted before the scheme paused to new applications will be processed and fund...
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