Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 37841

Sustainable Farming Incentive

Tabled: 12 March 2025
Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons his Department decided to (a) announce the closure of and (b) close the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme to new applicants on the same day.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
This Government has committed £5 billion over 2 years to sustainable farming and nature recovery and we’ve worked hard to get as many farmers into environmental land management schemes as possible. The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) now has more than...
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