Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80391

Sustainable Farming Incentive

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

David Smith

LabourNorth Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) are responded to within the appropriate time frame; how many complaints have been recorded against the RPA each year for the pa

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Rural Payments Agency RPA) are supporting Defra as they continue to develop the reformed Sustainable Farming Incentive. This includes fully considering deliverability and opportunities to simplify scheme administration. The RPA administers a wide rang...

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