Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 38604
Sustainable Farming Incentive
Tabled: 17 March 2025
Answered: 25 March 2025
Question
Wendy Morton
Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department had discussions with (a) farming groups and (b) stakeholders prior to the decision to close the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe high uptake of the scheme means it is fully subscribed. The decision to close the scheme to new applications was taken at that point. We could not give any advance notice because we needed to ensure fair access to the scheme and avoid creating a sudde...
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