Catherine McKinnell – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine McKinnell on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many expressions of interest have been received for the (a) Mid Tier and (b) Higher Tier of the new Countryside Stewardship scheme.

George Eustice

Expressions of interest were not invited for the Mid-Tier of the new Countryside Stewardship scheme, however:

a) 5,640 requests for Mid-Tier application packs were received, resulting in 2,314 agreement applications; and

b) 1,025 expressions of interest were received for the Higher Tier of the new Countryside Stewardship scheme, together with 257 applications for forestry agreements.