Agriculture: Subsidies
(asked on 24th June 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department paid to farmers in (a) direct payments, (b) Countryside Stewardship funding, (c) Environmental Stewardship Scheme funding, (d) other payments and (e) in total in the financial years (i) 2020-21 and (ii) 2021-22.
This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.
Direct payments in England are made through the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). Payments under BPS, as well as Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship, are based on the calendar year. The figures provided relate to payments released within the specified financial years irrespective of the scheme year to which individual payments are related. They only cover payments that are provided to farmers by the Rural Payment Agency.
Total Funding | 2020-21 Financial Year | 2021-22 Financial Year |
Direct Payments (BPS) | £1,832,933,680 | £1,649,698,145 |
Countryside Stewardship | £190,633,860 | £275,940,285 |
Environmental Stewardship | £148,607,064 | £151,436,091 |
Other Payments | £75,390,708 | £75,406,300 |
Total | £2,247,565,312 | £2,152,480,821 |
We will present and publish a retrospective view of the financial assistance provided through all of our schemes under the Agriculture Act 2020 by 1 October each year, covering the previous financial year as required under the Agriculture Act 2020. We have committed that the total level of investment will be at around £2.4bn a year across the parliament.