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Sustainable Farming Incentive

Asked by Dr Ellie ChownsGreen PartyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 4 December 2025UIN 90552

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme on Natural England's caseload for investigations of potential brea

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

No formal assessment was deemed necessary in relation to the potential impact of the closure of the 2024 Sustainable Farming Incentive offer to new applications on the incidence of EIA (Agriculture) Regulations breaches.

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