Question follow-through · 12354
Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Sustainable Farming Incentive
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to introduce an offline application process for the Sustainable Farming Incentive and the Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Scheme.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to introduce an offline application process for the Sustainable Farming Incentive and the Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Scheme.
30 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Rural Payments Agency recognises the importance of ensuring that farmers and land managers can access environmental land management schemes. Applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier are made through th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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