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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on business support to farmers, excluding Common Agricultural Policy payments in each financial year since 2010-11.

The Department spent £14.8m in 2013-14 on support to farmers through specific grants. This excludes Common Agricultural Policy payments. Figures relating to the three previous financial years would only be available at disproportionate cost.