To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have indicated they will not continue as participants in the Countryside Stewardship Scheme beyond their current agreement in the last 12 months.
Answered on
28 June 2018
That information is not currently available. Those farmers and land managers who have joined Countryside Stewardship since its start in 2016 will have several years of their five year agreements still to run. Agreement holders will clearly make decisions about joining any new scheme towards the end of their current five year agreement.