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 has allocated to the Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme in each year since its inception; and how much and what proportion of that funding was spent.

Prior to 2021 the scheme was EU funded. The Secretary of State did not allocate any direct funding to The Fruit & Vegetable Aid Scheme started in 2021 governed by EU rules before this time. Since then, £117,794,154.23 has been spent

The breakdown of actual UK funding spent on the scheme post EU exit is as follows:

2021 - £39,056,567.83 (£35,999,480.17 England only)

2022 - £40,110,883.98 (£34,460,975.86 England only)

2023 - £38,626,702.42 (£35,393,728.71 England only)

2024 - claims still being assessed.