Question follow-through · 22125
Agriculture: Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the water management grant of up to £15 million, within the drought support package.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 18 Sept 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the water management grant of up to £15 million, within the drought support package.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the significant challenges that drought conditions can pose for farmers and growers. As part of the drought support package announced on 14 August 2026, up to £15 million has been made available to support on-farm reservoir const...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Eggs: Salmonella
3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in the context of the recent salmonella outbreak, whether steps are being taken to support British egg farmers to reduce levels of reliance on imported eggs.
Food Supply
7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of the report by the NAO entitled Resilience of the food supply chain to disruptions, published on 4 Sept