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Farming Recovery Fund

Asked by Helen MorganLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 6 January 2025UIN 20323

The question

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.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

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.

Our approach to Farming Recovery payments – Farming.

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