VerbatimParliament, as it happens

Slurry Infrastructure Grant

Asked by Ben MaguireLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 28 April 2026UIN 129623

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications (a) her department has received to the Slurry Infrastructure Grant Scheme Rounds 1 and 2; (b) have been approved to progress; (c) have been submitted, and; (d) have had grant funding agreements offered.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

As of 24 April, the Rural Payments Agency has received:

2,087 applications received (a) to the Slurry Infrastructure Grant Scheme Rounds 1 and 2 – Stage 1

1,175 have been approved (b) to progress to Stage 2

441 applications submitted (c) to the 2nd stage

Once these checks are passed the applicant is then invited to submit a Full Application – ‘Stage Three’.

259 Full Applications received to date of which 186 have had (d) grant funding agreements offered.

Verbatim has judged this answer against the question that was actually asked — answered, partly answered, or evaded. Sign in to see the verdict →

Open this question in Verbatim →

Every written question, searchable

155,000 questions tabled since the election, with the answer each department gave — and the ones still unanswered, with the clock running. Free to search.

Search written questions →Read on Verbatim