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 was (a) allocated to the Sustainable Farming Incentive, (b) paid to farmers and (c) spent on administration and delivery by her Department and the Rural Payments Agency in each financial year since the scheme was introduced; and what proportion of total scheme expenditure was accounted for by administration and delivery costs in each year.

We increased the funding available for SFI26 Window 2, including an additional £50 million announced by the Prime Minister on 15 August 2026 and a further £20 million before the window opened, bringing the total budget for new agreements to £310 million. The budget was fully allocated.