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Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Landscape Recovery Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the (a) Landscape Recovery and (b) Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship schemes will be re-opened for applications.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
1 Jul 2025
Target answer date
3 Jul 2025
Answer
8 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 1 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the (a) Landscape Recovery and (b) Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship schemes will be re-opened for applications.

  2. 3 Jul 2025

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  3. 8 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    A) The Government reconfirmed its commitment to Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes in the recent Spending Review. Landscape Recovery projects that were awarded funding in rounds one and two are continuing, and we are moving into the delivery pha...

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