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1714841

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of his Department's spending on agricultural payment schemes in the financial year 2022-2023.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	24213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>In September 2023, the Farming and Countryside Programme (FCP) published an annual report for financial year 2022 to 2023. This set out that the FCP spent a total of £2.230 billion on our existing, and new farming schemes.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 03/05/2024 10:26:24 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1689265

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that future multi-annual farming support funding is given in seven-year blocks.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Steven Bonnar
uin	14188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The farming budget is set through UK government funding settlements which typically cover 3-5 year period.</p><p> </p><p>Environmental land management agreements are funded over different time periods, retaining flexibility for farmers within our offers, with options for longer agreements where farmers want or need those.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/02/2024 13:25:50 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4748 label Biography information for Steven Bonnar

1689266

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will guarantee funding for farming subsidies after 2025.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Steven Bonnar
uin	14189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>Defra has guaranteed the annual budget for the farming sector for the life of this Parliament. Future budgets will be decided by future governments.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/02/2024 13:22:45 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4748 label Biography information for Steven Bonnar

1684861

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the environmental impact of the end of cross-compliance regulations for rural payments on (a) hedgerows, (b) soil cover and (c) watercourse buffer strips.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	11302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>An assessment of the environmental and economic impacts of the removal of direct payments and cross compliance was published in September 2018, during the passage of the Agriculture Bill.</p><p> </p><p>We will seek to regulate to maintain hedgerow protections when parliamentary time allows. The gaps between cross compliance rules and regulatory requirements in regard to water buffer strips and soil cover are either mitigated by regulation such as through generalised provisions in Farming Rules for Water and the Water Resources Act, guidance like the Code of Practice of the use of Plant Protection Products, and standards in the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/02/2024 17:21:47 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas