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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a list of the submissions and locations of the rural projects his Department is considering supporting; and when he plans to announce the successful applicants of those projects.

The Government is investing £3.5 billion into farms and other rural businesses through the 2014-20 Rural Development Programme in England. Schemes within this programme have so far attracted over 30,000 applications and expressions of interest, which are assessed against published criteria and funded in line with programme rules. All Common Agricultural Policy payments, including those for rural development payments above 1,250 euro are published on the UK Co-ordinating Body website.