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Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dec. 22 2025

Source Page: Defra: workforce management information November 2025
Document: (Excel)
Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dec. 22 2025

Source Page: Defra: workforce management information November 2025
Document: Defra: workforce management information November 2025 (webpage)
Written Question
Agriculture: Subsidies
Monday 22nd December 2025

Asked by: Ann Davies (Plaid Cymru - Caerfyrddin)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for protected funding for UK fruit and vegetable growers, following the closure of the Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Government is committed to our excellent horticulture sector and the vital role that it plays in strengthening food security by ensuring a reliable and sustainable supply of fresh home-grown produce. Future support for the horticulture sector is being considered alongside Defra’s work to simplify and rationalise agricultural grant funding, ensuring that grants deliver the most benefit for food security and value for money for the taxpayer.

We are already doing a great deal to support the sector. Of at least £200 million allocated to The Farming Innovation Programme (FIP) through to 2030, to date nearly £40 million—representing 26% of total awards—has been granted to research projects benefiting the sector offering targeted opportunities for fruit and vegetable businesses to become more profitable, resilient, and sustainable. Further opportunities for farmer and grower led trials to test ideas and solutions are also now available in FIP via ADOPT grants. Wider Government support includes: our five-year extension to the Seasonal Worker visa route, providing much needed stability and certainty to businesses; as well as extending the easement on import checks on medium risk fruit and vegetables ahead of the new SPS agreement deal with the EU.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dec. 21 2025

Source Page: Defra announces biggest animal welfare reforms in a generation
Document: Defra announces biggest animal welfare reforms in a generation (webpage)
Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dec. 19 2025

Source Page: New Chair appointed to the Board of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Document: New Chair appointed to the Board of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (webpage)
Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dec. 19 2025

Source Page: Year 2 illustrative waste disposal fees: Extended producer responsibility for packaging
Document: Year 2 illustrative waste disposal fees: Extended producer responsibility for packaging (webpage)
Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dec. 19 2025

Source Page: Health effects of air pollution
Document: Health effects of air pollution (webpage)
Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dec. 19 2025

Source Page: Fisheries: bilateral agreement with Norway for 2026
Document: (PDF)
Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dec. 19 2025

Source Page: Fisheries: bilateral agreement with Norway for 2026
Document: Fisheries: bilateral agreement with Norway for 2026 (webpage)
Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dec. 19 2025

Source Page: Appointments made to National Park Authority Boards
Document: Appointments made to National Park Authority Boards (webpage)