Written question asked by Alex Brewer (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 1 July 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 July 2026. It was answered by Stephen Morgan (Labour) on Monday, 6 July 2026 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Agriculture: Sustainable Development
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department provides to assist farmers in adopting sustainable farming practices.
- Answer
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The Government has allocated a record £11.8bn to sustainable farming and food production over this parliament. This includes funding for Environmental Land Management Schemes such as the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). There are now over 39,000 live SFI agreements.
The Government has reformed the SFI scheme to make it simpler, more accessible, and improve value for money, and to allow available funding to be spread across as many farmers as possible.
Window 1 of the scheme opened on 30 June, giving priority access to small farms and those without an existing Environmental Land Management (ELM) revenue agreement.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 15196
- Session
- 2026-27
- Subjects
- Agriculture Sustainable development
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- 2026-07-06 12:23:56 +0100
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