| Heading: |
Sustainable Farming Incentive |
| Question ID: |
1785897 |
| UIN: |
39265 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5241 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Aphra Brandreth
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Aphra Brandreth
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason his Department did not provide six weeks' notice when closing the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme for new applications. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-28 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4382 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Daniel Zeichner
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| Answering Member handle: |
danielzeichner
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@danielzeichner
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| Answer text: |
The high uptake of the scheme means it is fully subscribed. The decision to close the scheme to new applications was taken at that point. We could not give any advance notice because we needed to ensure fair access to the scheme and avoid creating a sudde... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |