Written question asked by Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 16 December 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 December 2024 (named day). It was answered by Daniel Zeichner (Labour) on Monday, 6 January 2025 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Farming Recovery Fund
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the methodologies used by the Rural Payments Agency for deciding which areas of farmland are eligible for the Farming Recovery Fund.
- Answer
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The Rural Payments Agency uses both the Environment Agency and Met Office data to establish which farm businesses may be eligible for Farming Recovery Payment. The data on river flooding and exceptional rainfall allows the agency to identify affected land.
The full methodology can be found in the link below.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 20323
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Eligibility Farming Recovery Fund
- Link
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- 2025-09-05 18:37:41 +0100
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