PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Farming Recovery Fund (5 September 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers who are eligible for support under the expanded Farming Recovery Fund announced on 24 May 2024 have been (a) (i) identified and (ii) contacted by the Rural Payments Agency and (b) paid.

Asked by:
Steve Barclay (Conservative)

All eligible farmers that were identified in the original fund from April 2024 have been offered payment. This represents 679 farmers who were paid a total of £2.19 million.

Answered by:
Daniel Zeichner (Labour)
23 September 2024