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Sustainable Farming Incentive

Commons · Question 39268 · Tabled 18 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 25 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Aphra Brandreth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what communications his Department plans to send to farming businesses affected by changes to the Sustainable Farming Incentive; and what support he plans to provide to staff in his De

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 25 Mar 2025

A letter from Minister Zeichner was sent to all farm businesses on 12 March advising them of the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive to new applications. The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will be writing to farm businesses affected shortly with mor...