Catalogue description Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hill Farm Allowance Schemes: Registered Files (LFAS Prefix Series)

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Reference: MAF 778
Title: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hill Farm Allowance Schemes: Registered Files (LFAS Prefix Series)
Description:

The records comprise of the administration of the Hill Farming Allowance Scheme, including setting of rates and reviews; the development of the Uplands Environmental Stewardship Scheme; transitional policy; grazing management; heather and grass burning policy.
Date: 2001-2012
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: LFAS
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservation Management Division, 2001-2005

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservation, Uplands and Rural Division, 2005-2007

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Environmental Land Management Division, 2007-
Physical description: 37 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2021 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Selection and destruction information: 3.1.1 The principal policies and actions of the UK central government and English and Welsh governments; 3.1.4 The state's interaction with the physical environment.
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The series was opened to administer the Hill Farming Allowance (HFA) Scheme under the England Rural Development Programme (EDRP) for 2000 to 2006. The EDRP was introduced by MAFF/DEFRA and provided the framework for the operation of ten separate, but integrated schemes, offering grants to protect and improve the countryside and to encourage sustainable enterprise and thriving rural economies. The HFA was offered to support beef and sheep producers who farmed the English Less Favoured Areas (LFAs). The Uplands Environmental Stewardship Scheme replaced the HFA in 2010, with transitional payments being made to farmers in 2011 and 2012.

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