Question follow-through · 40542
Sustainable Farming Incentive
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to support farmers to remain (a) competitive, (b) resilient, and (c) sustainable after the end of the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to support farmers to remain (a) competitive, (b) resilient, and (c) sustainable after the end of the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
26 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
The primary responsibility for being competitive, resilient and sustainable rests with farm businesses themselves. The Sustainable Farming Incentive is an important offer, but it is part of a wider package. We remain committed to investing in environmenta...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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