Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 77927

Sustainable Farming Incentive

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 16 October 2025

Question

Anna Gelderd

LabourSouth East Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to resolve delays in payments under the Sustainable Farming Incentive due to designated site complications such as underlying archaeology.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Rural Payments Agency are working at pace with customers to resolve those agreements identified where herbal lays have been applied to land containing historic features which impacted their eligibility. With over 85% of these payments now been release...

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