Question follow-through · 96198
Agriculture: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to establish a financial support scheme for farmers, graziers and landowners impacted by major wildfires, equivalent to the Farming Recovery Fund available for
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 8 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to establish a financial support scheme for farmers, graziers and landowners impacted by major wildfires, equivalent to the Farming Recovery Fund available for
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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8 Dec 2025
Answer published
Through the Farming Recovery Fund, this Government provided an exceptional, one-off recovery payment to support farmers affected by Storms Babet, Henk and severe wet weather to help cover the uninsured costs of restoring farmland. The Government recognise...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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