Environmental Land Management Schemes
Commons · Question 59944 · Tabled 13 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the support provided by the Rural Payments Agency for (a) new and (b) young farmers who apply for funding under new environmental l
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 20 Jun 2025
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) administer agreements and issue payments for Countryside Stewardship and the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). Both a) new and b) young farmers were eligible to apply for agreements under the SFI Expanded Offer, whilst t...