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 (a) Entry Level and (b) Higher Level Stewardship agreements in the Countryside Stewardship scheme (i) have expired and (ii) will expire in 2015.

George Eustice

Countryside Stewardship agreements do not start until 1 January 2016.

a) As at 30 September, 7,824 Entry Level Stewardship agreements in the Environmental Stewardship scheme had expired in 2015, with a further 4,060 Entry Level Stewardship agreements due to expire by 31 December 2015.

b) No Higher Level Stewardship agreements in the Environmental Stewardship scheme have expired or are due to expire in 2015.