Question follow-through · 22959

Agriculture: Weather

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.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
17 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Environment and energy

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    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 ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

23 Jan 2025 · 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

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sustainable Farming Incentive: South Suffolk

12 Mar 2025 · 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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sustainable Farming Incentive: South Suffolk

12 Mar 2025 · 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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sustainable Farming Incentive: South Suffolk

12 Mar 2025 · 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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Agriculture: Sustainable Development

12 Mar 2025 · 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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sustainable Farming Incentive: South Suffolk

12 Mar 2025 · 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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sustainable Farming Incentive: South Suffolk

12 Mar 2025 · 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

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sustainable Farming Incentive: South Suffolk

20 Mar 2025 · 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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sustainable Farming Incentive

20 Mar 2025 · 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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sustainable Farming Incentive

20 Mar 2025 · 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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sustainable Farming Incentive

21 Mar 2025 · 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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Agriculture: Subsidies

2 Apr 2025 · 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.