Sustainable Farming Incentive
Commons · Question 37841 · Tabled 12 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons his Department decided to (a) announce the closure of and (b) close the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme to new applicants on the same day.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 25 Mar 2025
This Government has committed £5 billion over 2 years to sustainable farming and nature recovery and we’ve worked hard to get as many farmers into environmental land management schemes as possible. The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) now has more than...