Question follow-through · 37399

Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Landscape Recovery Scheme: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) reopen and (b) ringfence funding for the (i) Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship and (ii) Landscape Recovery scheme in Devon.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
13 Mar 2025
Answer
24 Mar 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) reopen and (b) ringfence funding for the (i) Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship and (ii) Landscape Recovery scheme in Devon.

  2. 13 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The 56 projects in Rounds 1 and 2 of the Landscape Recovery scheme will be continuing. Plans for any further rounds will be announced in due course. On 11 December 2024, we launched the Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier with applications opening this su...

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