| Heading: |
Countryside Stewardship Scheme |
| Question ID: |
1746766 |
| UIN: |
HL3167 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4953 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Roborough
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Roborough
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier payments to farmers are being delayed from December 2024 to mid-2025; what is the reason for any delay; and what assessment they have made o |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-06 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4395 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
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| Answering Member handle: |
suehayman1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@suehayman1
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| Answer text: |
There are no delays to payment for existing Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier customers. Since 1 December we have paid around 14,000 customers with both Mid-Tier and Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship agreements, the revenue payment total around £151 m... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |