James Cartlidge MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Agriculture: UK Relations with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential long-term impact of the UK agreement with the EU, announced on 19 March 2025, on British farmers.
Answer: On the 19 May 2025, Defra published a methodology note setting out an assessment of the impact of a Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement on the UK agricultural sector. This can be accessed here: Ad hoc analyses and data releases - GOV.UK.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Land Management SchemesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to improve the Environmental Land Management scheme.
Answer: This Government inherited an Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme, the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), which was uncapped, despite a finite farming budget. We reached the upper limit in March.Now is the right time for a reset via the reformed S...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to support farmers in developing sustainable farming practices.
Answer: This Government is committed to delivering net zero by 2050 and we will work in collaboration with farmers and others with a stake in our food system towards this. The transition to more climate friendly practices will work hand in hand with food security...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAgricultureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what long term plans his Department has to develop nature-friendly farming policies.
Answer: We recognise the huge importance of nature friendly farming, and we will look to maintain momentum in the coming years. Our farming roadmap ‘Farming 2050: Growing England’s Future’ will involve government working with farmers and farming and environmental...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHunting Act 2004Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he intends to authorise changes to the Hunting Act 2004.
Answer: This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans in a generation to improve animal welfare and that is exactly what we will do. The Hunting Act 2004 makes it an offence to hunt a wild mammal with dogs, except where it is carr...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: ProductionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of only including one food producer on the Food Strategy Board on (a) policy and (b) strategy discussions on food production.
Answer: The Food Strategy Advisory Board is a deliberately small group of senior leaders representing important elements and a wealth of experience from across the food system. Its role is to act as a sounding board to stress test ideas and provide advice. The es...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has taken the cropping year into consideration when making arrangements to launch the updated Sustainable Farming Incentive.
Answer: Defra will be working closely with farmers and industry stakeholders to design a future Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer that fairly and responsibly directs funding. This future SFI offer will build on what has made SFI effective so far. Further ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming Incentive: South SuffolkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 39920 on Sustainable Farming Incentive: South Suffolk, if his Department can provide the latest figures available.
Answer: The answer to Question 39920 provides the data as of 21 March 2025.There has been no change in the number of farm businesses with a Sustainable Farming Incentive agreement in South Suffolk constituency since 21 March 2025.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming Incentive: South SuffolkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 39920 on Sustainable Farming Incentive: South Suffolk, how many of the 154 farmers primarily farm (a) arable crops, (b) horticultura
Answer: Defra does not hold data on farming business types for the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: South SuffolkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending the Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme on businesses in South Suffolk constituency.
Answer: The Government’s commitment to our horticulture sector and its vital role in strengthening food security remains steadfast. Our proposed approach to future funding for horticulture will be considered alongside Defra’s work to simplify and rationalise agri...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to provide future funding to replace the Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme.
Answer: The Government’s commitment to our horticulture sector and its vital role in strengthening food security remains steadfast. Our proposed approach to future funding for horticulture will be considered alongside Defra’s work to simplify and rationalise agri...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the Sustainable Farming Incentive has been spent on (a) arable farms and (b) livestock farms in 2024-25.
Answer: We do not require farmers to tell us their farm type (arable, livestock, mixed, etc) so we do not hold information on spend by farm type.
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the expected return on investment from the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
Answer: There are now 37,000 live Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agreements. This means 4.3 million hectares of land are now in SFI agreements. As a result, returns on these agreements include: 800,000 hectares of arable land being farmed without insecticide...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the Sustainable Farming Initiative was spent on family-owned farms in financial year 2024-2025.
Answer: We do not hold information on ownership arrangements.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming Incentive: South SuffolkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what number and proportion of farms are part of the Sustainable Farming Incentive in South Suffolk constituency.
Answer: As of 21 March 2025, there are 154 farmers with a Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agreement (SFI Pilot, SFI 23 and SFI EO) in South Suffolk constituency.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming Incentive: South SuffolkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of pausing the Sustainable Farming Incentive for new applications on (a) flood risk and (b) flood management for agricultural land i
Answer: All actions in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) have been assessed for the impact on a number of indicators, including flood risk. By benefiting soil health, many of the actions in SFI will reduce flood risk by increasing infiltration and therefore...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming Incentive: South SuffolkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers following the end of the Sustainable Farming Incentive in South Suffolk constituency.
Answer: This Government is proud to have secured the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history, with £5 billion being spent to support farmers over a 2-year period. Defra has closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive for the submissio...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers to plan the long-term sustainability of their farms in South Suffolk constituency.
Answer: This Government is proud to have secured the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history, with £5 billion being spent to support farmers over a 2-year period. Defra has closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive for the submissio...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming Incentive: South SuffolkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to re-open the Sustainable Farming Incentive for new applications for farmers in South Suffolk constituency.
Answer: This Government has committed £5 billion over 2 years to sustainable farming and nature recovery and we’ve worked hard to get as many farmers into environmental land management schemes as possible. We have closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) fo...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming Incentive: South SuffolkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to assist farmers to mitigate the impact of the loss of Sustainable Farming Incentive payments in South Suffolk constituency.
Answer: This Government is proud to have secured the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history, with £5 billion being spent to support farmers over a 2-year period. Defra has closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive for the submissio...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming Incentive: South SuffolkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of pausing the Sustainable Farming Incentive for new applications for farms in South Suffolk constituency.
Answer: We don’t produce constituency level assessments. We publish regular statistics on Farm Business Income broken down in various ways. Farming evidence packs have been recently updated including key statistics and farm performance. These set out an extensive...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the number of farms affected by changes to (a) Inheritance Tax, (b) Agricultural Property Relief and (c) Business Property Relief in South Suffolk co
Answer: Assessing the impact of the new Inheritance Tax policy, which comes into force from 6 April 2026, relies on a number of factors such as ownership structure and debt levels. Without such information, which the Government does not hold at that level, area l...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmers: IncomeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he has met representatives of farming businesses in South Suffolk constituency to discuss recent trends in farm incomes.
Answer: Ministers and officials regularly meet with a range of farming stakeholders, including the National Farmers Union, the Country Land and Business Association, and the Tenant Farmers Association. We will continue to meet with stakeholders to ensure their vi...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: WeatherDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support farm businesses to adapt to adverse weather conditions.
Answer: The Government inherited flood assets in their worst condition on record following years of underinvestment by the previous Government – only 92% of the Environment Agency’s 38,000 high consequence assets are currently at required condition. To ensure we ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArable Farming: WeatherDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help mitigate the impact of (a) increased rainfall and (b) storms on arable farm output.
Answer: The Government inherited flood assets in their worst condition on record following years of underinvestment by the previous Government – only 92% of the Environment Agency’s 38,000 high consequence assets are currently at required condition. To ensure we ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
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