Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) how many and (b) what value of water resource management grants were (i) granted and (ii) rejected by the Rural Payments Agency in each of the last 10 financial years.
The following table lists the answer:
Qty Rejected | Value Rejected | Qty Granted | Value Granted | |
2017/18 | 0 | £ - | 2 | £215,974.42 |
2018/19 | 11 | £1,708,260.72 | 121 | £8,912,028.96 |
2019/20 | 14 | £20,762.30 | 179 | £ 311,127.36 |
2020/21 | 5 | £5,374.00 | 201 | £ 203,902.00 |
2021/22 | 0 | £ - | 0 | £ - |
2022/23 | 103 | £3,287,841.96 | 381 | £2,698,059.35 |
2023/24 | 19 | £2,047,450.67 | 423 | £6,811,257.63 |
2024/25 | 7 | £393,871.55 | 329 | £1,673,697.22 |