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1653539

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
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, how much funding through the Basic Payment Scheme has reduced in each year since 2020; and by how much she plans to reduce payments in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	194405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>Defra reports expenditure under agricultural support schemes by financial year rather than calendar year.</p><p> </p><p>Applying reductions to Direct Payments frees up money to be spent on financial assistance under our other schemes for farmers and land managers. As set out in our Future Farming and Countryside Programme annual report, published in October 2022, we spent £1.654 billion on Direct Payments in financial year 2021 to 2022. That was part of a total spend of £2.294 billion on existing farming schemes and our new financial assistance schemes, as set out in that report.</p><p> </p><p>Information about spend on Direct Payments, and financial assistance under our other schemes, for later financial years will be included in future annual reports.</p><p> </p><p>The reductions that we plan to apply to Direct Payments up to, and including, the 2024 scheme year were set out in our Agricultural Transition Plan in November 2020. The Government intends 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> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 24/07/2023 14:30:43 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1539046

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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 the level of Basic Payment Scheme funding was in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022; and whether this was a reduction on the level of funding in previous years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	78670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>£1,625 million and £1,371 million were available to be claimed and paid for the 2021 and 2022 BPS scheme years respectively. We have already set out plans for progressive reductions from 2021 onwards to all BPS payments, increasing payments for Countryside Stewardship and new Environmental Land Management schemes over the same period. Details of progressive reductions published online can be found here: Funding for farmers and land managers - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 18/01/2023 11:11:34 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1469893

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
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, whether his Department has removed the requirement to be an active farmer to claim funding from the Basic Payment Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	16905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>You must be a farmer to claim under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and must have land ‘at your disposal’. This means, for example, that where land is let under a Farm Business Tenancy, it is the tenant and not the landlord who can use that land to claim BPS.</p><p> </p><p>Previously the BPS rules included an active farmer test. We removed this in 2018 because it was ineffective and created unnecessary confusion for farmers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/06/2022 15:05:33 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1305634

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that landlords cannot take a disproportionate share of their tenant's delinked farm payments.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	174791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Eligibility for delinked payments will be based on a reference period. For example, it may be necessary to have claimed, and been eligible under the Basic Payment Scheme, in a particular scheme year or years. Where land is let to a tenant, it is the tenant and not the landlord who is eligible to use it to claim under Basic Payment Scheme. Similarly, we expect that tenants who received a Basic Payment Scheme payment during the reference period will usually be eligible to receive a delinked payment. We are consulting with the industry on the detail of how delinked payments will work.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 19/04/2021 14:52:56 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1184637

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
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 the planned timescale is for the Environmental Land Management scheme pilot and what progress has been made on that pilot to date.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	28602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2020 answer text <p>The Environmental Land Management (ELM) National Pilot will be the means by which Defra will pilot, at scale, the new ELM scheme, in real world situations with a wide range of farmers, foresters and other land managers. The first agreements with those taking part in the Pilot are planned to begin formally in late 2021. The Pilot is planned to run for three years until ELM is launched in late 2024 and will provide an important opportunity for farmers, foresters and other land managers to be involved in shaping the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Pilot will be undertaken in close consultation with relevant stakeholders. Detailed proposals on what will be included in the Pilot are currently being developed.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 20/03/2020 13:56:43 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1142138

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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 steps she plans to take to ensure that farmers will not receive a loss of financial support when the funds from the Basic Payments Scheme are used for new replacement schemes.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	282270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government has pledged to continue to commit the same cash total in funds for farm support until the end of this Parliament, expected in 2022. This includes all funding provided for farm support under both Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 of the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).</p><p> </p><p>Phasing out Direct Payments over seven years from 2021 is a key part of the transition away from the CAP in England and towards our future domestic agriculture policy. This will free up funding for new domestic policies that will focus on using public money to deliver public goods. We will set Direct Payment reduction percentages taking account of our detailed plans for future schemes and wider decisions about Government spending.</p><p> </p><p>The cornerstone of the new approach is the development of a new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme. As we make the transition to the new arrangements, we will be piloting the scheme before its full introduction. Alongside the ELM pilots in the early years of the transition we will continue to offer a simplified version of Countryside Stewardship. We have also set out the intention to develop other offers for the industry including on productivity and animal welfare.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/09/2019 16:53:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1063930

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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 the timetable is for the roll-out of the replacement to the Basic Payment Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	223080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government currently plans to pilot the new Environmental Land Management System (ELMS) nationally from 2021 and make it fully available from 2024. Existing agri-environment schemes, simplified further, would continue to be available until the ELMS is fully rolled out. Payments under the Basic Payment Scheme will be phased out over a 7 year agricultural transition starting from 2021.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 223081 question first answered 25/02/2019 14:46:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1063931

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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, on what date he plans to make the replacement to the Basic Payment Scheme available to all farmers.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	223081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government currently plans to pilot the new Environmental Land Management System (ELMS) nationally from 2021 and make it fully available from 2024. Existing agri-environment schemes, simplified further, would continue to be available until the ELMS is fully rolled out. Payments under the Basic Payment Scheme will be phased out over a 7 year agricultural transition starting from 2021.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 223080 question first answered 25/02/2019 14:46:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

927962

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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 (a) range of public goods and (b) type of environmental outcomes his Department plans to provide funding to upland farmers under the proposed environment land management scheme.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	155758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The new environmental land management scheme, underpinned by natural capital principles, will contribute to delivering against many of the key outcomes set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan and the Clean Growth Strategy. These include clean air; clean and plentiful water; thriving plants and wildlife; reduced risk of harm from environmental hazards such as flooding and drought; using resources from nature more sustainably and efficiently; enhanced beauty, heritage and engagement for the natural environment and mitigating and adapting to climate change.</p><p> </p><p>The uplands deliver many public goods that are worthy of public investment: not only are they a beautiful and rich part of our heritage, they can encourage biodiversity, protect water quality and store carbon. They are therefore well placed to benefit from the new environmental land management scheme.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/06/2018 09:45:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

927963

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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, how his Department plans to use payments to land managers in the proposed environment land management scheme to support the creation of the Nature Recovery Network as outlined in his Department's 25 Year Environment Plan.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	155759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>In the 25 Year Environment Plan we committed to considering delivery options for the Nature Recovery Network over the next two years, as we develop and pilot our new environmental land management scheme and investigate the use of other new and innovative funding mechanisms.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for collaborative projects, incentivising land managers to work together to secure environmental improvements at landscape and catchment level, was identified as a potential element of the future scheme.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/06/2018 10:09:28 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron