Question follow-through · 21281
Agriculture: Subsidies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the value of government subsidies to farmers in 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 19 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2025 · 25 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the value of government subsidies to farmers in 2024.
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government has committed to support farmers through a budget of £5 billion over the next two years, including £2.6 billion in 2024/25.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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