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Sustainable Farming Incentive

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers no longer able to apply for the Sustainable Farming Incentive.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
14 Mar 2025
Answer
25 Mar 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers no longer able to apply for the Sustainable Farming Incentive.

  2. 14 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    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 two-year period. Following the announcement that Defra has closed SFI for the submi...

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