Question follow-through · 105149
Sustainable Farming Incentive
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her Department plans to use to differentiate between small and large farms in assessing eligibility for future SFI applications.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her Department plans to use to differentiate between small and large farms in assessing eligibility for future SFI applications.
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jan 2026
Answer published
The department will publish a precise definition before the first application window opens in June. This is one of the details we’ll be testing with key stakeholders.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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