Question follow-through · 49267
Sustainable Farming Incentive
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the expected timeframe is for (a) processing and (b) decision-making on Sustainable Farming Incentive applications.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 29 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 May 2025
- Answer
- 8 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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- Import Controls: France · 2 May 2025
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- Rights of Way · 2 May 2025
- Fly-tipping: Dorset · 2 May 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
29 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the expected timeframe is for (a) processing and (b) decision-making on Sustainable Farming Incentive applications.
1 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 May 2025
Answer published
As of the 30 April 2025, of the 4225 submitted Sustainable Farming Incentive applications outstanding an offer on 1 March, there are 872 that have not yet received an agreement offer. The Rural Payments Agency are continuing to work at pace to assess the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Dairy Products and Meat: Import Controls
2 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that appropriate biosecurity checks are conducted on (a) vehicles and (b) goods arriving in the UK from France, following the introduction
Import Controls: France
2 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has raised concerns with his French counterpart on the lack of visible (a) controls and (b) public information at French ports of departure on the new import restrictions.
Bees: Imports
2 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to monitor imports of queen bees from Ukraine for the presence of Tropilaelaps mites.
Rights of Way
2 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish the consultation on access reform; and whether it will include provisions for enhancing public rights of way.
Fly-tipping: Dorset
2 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support rural Dorset Council in managing rising fly tipping incidents.
Fly-tipping: Fines
2 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase penalties for repeat fly tipping offences.
Fly-tipping
6 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local authority enforcement powers to prevent fly tipping.
Bees: Imports
6 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has considered temporarily restricting imports of queen bees from regions with a high risk of parasitic infestation.
Rights of Way: Disability
6 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect access to green lanes for people with mobility difficulties.
Rights of Way
6 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of responsible green lane use on the health and well-being of people.
Rights of Way
6 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Green Lane Association on sustainable countryside access.
Water Companies
9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of adopting a not-for-profit model for water companies in England.