Question follow-through · 117183

Countryside Stewardship Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether underspend in the current financial year’s Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier budget will be (a) protected, and (b) carried forward into next year’s allocation.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 2 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 4 Mar 2026
Answer: 10 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether underspend in the current financial year’s Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier budget will be (a) protected, and (b) carried forward into next year’s allocation.
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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10 Mar 2026
Answer published
Defra expects to increase both the numbers of farmers and land managers coming into the scheme and related spend on the Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier scheme over the course of the coming year. The scale of ambition for the number of agreements in th...

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