Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Contribution to National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs 2020-2021 Grant.

As part of the grant conditions, the grant recipient provides data on delivery, including regular reports of activities and outputs to Defra. This grant contributes to a range of activities and helps meet Defra's objectives for supporting new entrants into farming and the development of sustainable and resilient land-based businesses. The grant assessment has been carried out through regular project monitoring and a review at completion of how the activities achieved their objectives.