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Grasslands: Sustainable Farming Incentive

Commons · Question 33053 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 4 Mar 2025

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Asked by Wera Hobhouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the total land entered into the Sustainable Farming Incentive herbal ley action (CSAM3) has been on priority habitat grassland; and how many hectares of priority hab

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 4 Mar 2025

The published Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) CSAM3 herbal ley guidance protects priority habitat grassland by explicitly stating that the only eligible land types are arable, temporary grassland and improved permanent grassland. It also notes that Pr...