Agriculture: Grants
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 54446 on Environmental Land Management Schemes: Lancashire, what steps his Department plans to take to help ensure that the re-opening of capital grants in summer 2025 is (a) accessible and (b) equitable to (i) smaller farms and (ii) new entrants.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner
Defra will introduce maximum grant thresholds for 4 groups of capital items in the standalone capital offer, from summer 2025.
The limits will be:
- £25,000 for items in the water quality, air quality, and natural flood management groups
- £35,000 for the group including boundary, tree and orchard items
These limits increase funding availability for smaller applications. All farmers/land managers are able to apply for the funding later in the Summer of 2025, subject to meeting the eligibility criteria which will be set out in the guidance.
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