Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 90552
Sustainable Farming Incentive
Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025
Question
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green Party — North Herefordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme on Natural England's caseload for investigations of potential brea
Answer
Dame Angela EagleNo formal assessment was deemed necessary in relation to the potential impact of the closure of the 2024 Sustainable Farming Incentive offer to new applications on the incidence of EIA (Agriculture) Regulations breaches.