Written questions

Agriculture: Subsidies

Lords · Question HL7173 · 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 what quantitative estimate they have made, using the data they hold on Basic Payment Scheme payments now delinked, of the amount saved by the current reductions to delinked agricultural payments between now and the end of t

Answer

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 19 May 2025

When delinked payments were introduced in 2024, no decision had been made about the reductions that were to apply to these payments for years after 2024. We estimate that the reductions to be applied to delinked payments for 2025 will lead to a further £5...