To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will create a rollover option for those farmers whose Entry Level Stewardship and Higher Level Stewardship Schemes will finish soon.
Answered on
28 June 2018
The Government is currently considering the merits of extending Higher Level Stewardship agreements from 2019 onwards. All Entry Level Stewardship agreements will have already expired by this date. Farmers and land managers whose Entry Level Stewardship agreements expire at the end of 2018 will be able to apply for the simplified Countryside Stewardship Wildlife offers or for the Mid-Tier.