Written questions

Sustainable Farming Incentive

Lords · Question HL7172 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 19 May 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Cromwell

To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the savings from the reductions in delinked payments will be allocated to payments to farms participating in the new Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 19 May 2025

Reductions to delinked payments allowed this Government to unlock a record level of funding for Environmental Land Management schemes, as part of the £5 billion for farming secured over 24/25 and 25/26 financial years. In line with its obligations under t...