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Sustainable Farming Incentive

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 29 January 2026UIN 104792

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total annual payments made to businesses under the SFI for actions SAM1, NUM1, IPM1 and HRW1 (broken down by individual action) were at 1 October 2025.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

As of 1st October 2025, there were 32,405, Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements which included actions (C)SAM1, (C) NUM1, (C)HRW1 or (C)IPM1.

The number of agreements containing these actions and the value of these actions broken down by individual action are shown in the table below.

option code

Number of Agreements

Total Value of Action within Agreement (£)

CHRW1

5,766

8,754,000

CIPM1

7,162

24,258,000

CNUM1

7,593

14,852,000

CSAM1

9,179

17,963,000

HRW1

10,191

21,709,000

IPM1

15,656

53,025,000

NUM1

16,583

32,435,000

SAM1

18,421

51,638,000

To Note: An Agreement can have multiple options so for example may have NUM1, SAM1 & IPM1 so may be counted multiple times under number of agreements in the table above.

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