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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2026 to Question 31782 on Sustainable Farming Incentive, if the applications that had been started and not submitted will still be processed.

Applications that were started but not submitted before SFI26 Window 2 closed will not generally be processed. An exception applies where a farmer was prevented from submitting due to a valid technical issue reported by 11:59pm on 29 September 2026. The Rural Payments Agency is assessing these cases. Further details are set out in the Defra Farming blog published on 15 October 2026 - here.