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Sustainable Farming Incentive

Asked by Steve BarclayConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 10 March 2025UIN 31457

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total SFI agreement uptake has been per quarter since the beginning of the launch of the 2021 pilot scheme.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

The table below shows the number of Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements accepted and started per quarter since the scheme’s launch in 2021. To note that farmers can have more than one SFI Agreement. The application window was paused across Spring and early Summer in 2022.

Quarter

Number of Agreements

Oct 21 to Dec 21

515

Jan 22 to Mar 22

340

Apr 22 to Jun 22

20

Jul 22 to Sep 22

6

Oct 22 to Dec 22

1144

Jan 23 to Mar 23

910

Apr 23 to Jun 23

641

Jul 23 to Sep 23

609

Oct 23 to Dec 23

4044

Jan 24 to Mar 24

9915

Apr 24 to Jun 24

9391

Jul 24 to Sep 24

2875

Oct 24 to Dec 24

6122

Jan 25 to Mar 25

4358

Total

40,890

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