Question follow-through · 15178

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support business advisory services such as (a) Business Information Point West Devon and (b) the Future Farming Resilience Program.

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
20 Nov 2024
Target answer date
25 Nov 2024
Answer
28 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support business advisory services such as (a) Business Information Point West Devon and (b) the Future Farming Resilience Program.

  2. 25 Nov 2024

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  3. 28 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Farming Resilience Fund (FRF) was developed to help farmers through the early years of the Agricultural Transition, specifically to assist farm businesses to adapt to the initial reductions in the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). Feedback about the FRF has...

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