Environmental Land Management Scheme

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 6 Sep 2021 Closed: 1 Mar 2022 Parliament page
The UK was part of the EU’s Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) framework for financial support to farmers and rural development funding for more than 40 years before Brexit. In 2019-20 farmers in England received over £1.8 billion in direct payment subsidies, based mainly on the amount of land farmed. In … Read more
13 Recommendations
18 Conclusions
1 Report
2 Oral sessions
4 Letters
2 Events
Activity timeline 8 events
9 Mar
2022
Correspondence
1 Mar
2022
Report published
8 Feb
2022
Correspondence
31 Jan
2022
Correspondence
9 Jan
2022
Report published
16 Nov
2021
Correspondence
21 Oct
2021
Oral evidence
21 Oct
2021
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
21 Oct 2021
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Environmental Land Management Scheme
Caroline Ayre · Confederation of Forest Industries Jenna Hegarty · Royal Society for Protection of Birds (RSPB) Lynette Steel · Tenants Farmers Association Professor Rob Fraser · University of Kent Tom Bradshaw · National Farmers' Union (NFU)
21 Oct 2021
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Environmental Land Management Scheme
David Kennedy · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Jenna Hegarty · Royal Society for Protection of Birds (RSPB) Lynette Steel · Tenants Farmers Association Maria Bellissimo · Confederation of Forest Industries Paul Caldwell · Rural Payments Agency Professor Rob Fraser · University of Kent Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Tom Bradshaw · National Farmers' Union (NFU)
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Thirty-First Report - Environmental Land Management Scheme HC 639 9 Jan 2022 31 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
23 Recommendation Rejected
Thirty-First Report - Environmenta…
The Department asserted that farmer confidence and trust in its plans is improving.
The Department asserted that farmer confidence and trust in its plans is improving. The Farmer Opinion Tracker survey carried out in October 2020 found that only 30% of farmers said they had all or most of the information they needed … Read more
Government Response
The government rejected the premise that its communication strategy needs a radical review, asserting that its current strategy is working, citing increased take-up of productivity grants, SFI pilot, and Countryside Stewardship agreements.
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Government Response AI assessment · 31 of 13 classified
Accepted 9
Acknowledged 6
Not Addressed 15
Rejected 1
Total 13 recs + 18 conclusions
Correspondence 4 letters
9 Mar 2022 Correspondence from Tamara Finkelstein, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, re Response to Recommendation 4 of ELM PAC report, dated 1 March 2022
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8 Feb 2022 Correspondence from Tamara Finkelstein, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, re Update on long-term environment objectives, dated 9 December 2021
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31 Jan 2022 Correspondence from Tamara Finkelstein, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, re Response to Recommendation 7 of ELM PAC report, dated 27 January 2022
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16 Nov 2021 Correspondence from Tamara Finkelstein, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, re PAC: Follow-Up Response, dated 5 November 2021
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