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Sustainable Farming Incentive

Commons · Question 9705 · Tabled 15 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 22 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by James Wild

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence was used to inform the decision to set the Sustainable Farming Incentive annual agreement cap at £100,000.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 22 Jun 2026

A quarter of Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) money goes to just 4% of farms. The Government is making improvements to the offer to ensure more farmers can access funding. The reformed SFI26 offer will be more focussed, more transparent and fairer so t...