Written questions

Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Sustainable Farming Incentive

Commons · Question 5247 · Tabled 10 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 25 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Rebecca Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people farming on commons can benefit from (a) the Sustainable Farming Incentive and (b) Countryside Stewardship.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 25 Sep 2024

We want people farming on commons land to benefit from both the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Countryside Stewardship and are working to make applications to the SFI service available to commoners and other shared graziers. We have asked farmers...