Agriculture: Grants
Commons · Question 20070 · Tabled 13 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closure of Capital Grant Applications on (a) farm productivity and (b) food security.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 18 Dec 2024
We have allocated the largest ever budget for sustainable food production through the farming budget. In the first week of December, we paid £343 million into the rural economy, benefiting more than 31,000 farmers. After unprecedented demand, parts of the...