Question follow-through · 25023

Environmental Land Management Schemes: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the budget for Environmental Land Management schemes in the 2026–27 financial year.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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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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  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the budget for Environmental Land Management schemes in the 2026–27 financial year.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    This year's budget for Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes is £1.9 billion. This has increased by more than fourfold since 2020, when we spent £433 million. This is rising further still, and by 2028/29, we plan to spend £2 billion on ELM schemes, ...

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