Question follow-through · 60982
Farms: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has considered introducing a farm business investment loan scheme with a subsidised interest rate; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on (
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 18 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has considered introducing a farm business investment loan scheme with a subsidised interest rate; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on (
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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24 Jun 2025
Answer published
Defra officials regularly engage with financial institutions providing farm lending, and we will continue to work to explore further opportunities to improve farmers' access to finance. This builds on the £110 million in farming grants announced earlier t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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