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<p>We have committed to maintain the farming budget for the duration of this parliament.
On 1 January 2021 the agricultural transition period in England commenced. Between
2021 and 2027 the Government will seize the opportunity of EU exit to increase the
sustainability, productivity and resilience of the agriculture sectors by:</p><ul><li>fulfilling
the commitment to maintain total farm support in every nation of the UK worth a cumulative
£3.7 billion a year.</li></ul><ul><li>progressing the Agricultural Transition in England
including the roll out of Environmental Land Management schemes to pay farmers for
delivering climate and environmental benefits while producing the nation's food.</li></ul><p>Figure
1 of the Agricultural Transition Plan, published in November 2020, sets out our high-level
spending plans across the rest of the parliament.</p><p>This is the first four years
of the agricultural transition period and is covered by the Government's commitment
to maintain current levels of spending in England, based on 2019 funding levels when
the manifesto commitment was made. This amounts to an average of £2.4 billion a year
over that period.</p><p>In 2021/22, the period covered by the Government Spending
Review, total spend is expected to be £2,415 million. Of that we intend to spend £1,644
million on Direct Payments, £562 million on new and existing schemes for environmental
outcomes and £210 million on schemes supporting prosperity in the sector in addition
to contributing to environmental and animal health welfare outcomes.</p><p>We will
quantify spending plans for meeting the manifesto commitment in future years as part
of future Spending Reviews and subject to final policy designs.</p><p>As we move through
the transition, we need to be able to adjust our funding allocations in-year as we
see what works, and what schemes and support farmers are interested in.</p><p>We will
keep adjustments to a minimum, to provide as much certainty as possible, and we will
make any changes in an open and transparent way. We intend to continue to make gradual
reductions in Direct Payments across the rest of the transition until the last year
of Direct Payments in 2027.</p><p>We continually review our spending plans as we learn
more about farmer uptake in our schemes, iterate policy development and roll out new
schemes.</p>
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