Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of qualifying farmers expected to be granted financial support from the Dairy Response Fund.
The new Dairy Response Fund which opened for applications on 18 June will help support those dairy farmers who have seen decreased demand for their products as bars, restaurants and cafes have been closed.
The deadline for applications to the fund is 14 August. Details of the number of eligible applicants to the fund will be available in due course.