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Countryside Stewardship Scheme

Asked by Tim FarronLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 26 March 2025UIN 38015

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department allocated to the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund 2024 in (a) total and (b) each year.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Year

Number of applications received

Number of successful applications

Funding allocated [millions]

Funding spent (to date) [millions]

2015

36

19

£12.8 in total, funded under the Rural Development Programme for England

£0.2

2016

50

30

£0.6

2017 (national round)

40

37

2017 (Northwest England flooding round)

13

12

£0.5

2018

55

38

£1.6

2019

43

39

£0.6

2020

£1.8

2021

£0.8

2022

45

41

£2.25

£0.91

2023

45

42

£3

£0.56

2024

24

18

£2.5

£0.88

Total

£20.55

£8.45

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