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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the administrative burden on farmers when (a) applying for and (b) being audited for compliance with the SFI scheme.

The Government is working closely with farmers and stakeholders as it develops future Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offers. We remain committed to making environmental land management schemes accessible and deliverable for farmers. Details of future SFI scheme arrangements will be published once design and delivery planning for SFI27 have been completed.