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

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 19 September (HL10017), whether they will publish a list of the subsidy payments that do not provide returns on investment and as a result are being rapidly wound down.

We are backing farmers with the largest nature-friendly budget in history to support farmers and land managers to help restore nature and boost farm productivity, which in turn protects food security and builds resilience to climate change. This means carrying on the transition away from area-based payments and towards paying to deliver public goods.

We are winding down subsidy payments that do not provide returns on investment and increasing funding in Environmental Land Management schemes, from £1.8 billion in 2025/26 to more than £2 billion a year by 2028/29.

Continuing to phase out delinked payments will enable us to invest more in environmental schemes that will make a significant contribution to our Environment Act targets and will ensure that funding is targeted where it can have the greatest impact.

Furthermore, the latest FCP annual report (attached) sets out what FCP schemes delivered over 2024/25.