Agriculture: West Dorset
Commons · Question 12349 · Tabled 1 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) funding and (b) other support his Department is providing to farmers to transition to more sustainable agricultural practices in West Dorset constituency.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 5 Nov 2024
Defra’s farming budget will be £2.4 billion in 2025/26. This will include the largest ever budget directed at sustainable food production and nature’s recovery in our country’s history: £1.8 billion for environmental land management schemes. This funding ...