Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 69701

Sustainable Farming Incentive

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Sarah Dyke

Liberal DemocratGlastonbury and Somerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether farmers in Higher Level Stewardship schemes will be able to apply for the new Sustainable Farming Incentive schemes.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Our approach to transitioning farmers from existing agreements into the new schemes is under review and the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) is currently closed for new applications. We will provide further details about the reformed SFI in summer 2025...

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