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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers in (i) Lincolnshire and (ii) South Holland and the Deepings constituency (a) applied for funding in the Sustainable Farming Incentive second application window and (b) were unsuccessful with their application.

During the SFI 26 Window 2 the Rural Payments Agency received (i) 11 applications from farmers in Lincolnshire, with a further 3 applications started but not submitted, and (ii) received 95 applications from farmers in South Holland and the Deepings, with a further 15 started but not submitted.