In a statement made in the House of Lords, Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, said: “Leaving the EU presents an unprecedented opportunity to develop a new system that works for us. The government has committed to maintain the same total in cash funds until the end of this parliament.
“As we prepare to leave, we will work with farmers, food producers and environmental experts across the United Kingdom and with the devolved administrations to devise a new agri-environment system, to be introduced in the following parliament.
“I have, therefore, concluded that the inter-pillar transfer should remain unchanged in England under the current Common Agricultural Policy framework.”
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The NFU has welcomed the decision, which clarifies the UK’s position ahead of the 1 August 2017 EU Commission deadline for member states to submit any changes to their CAP funding for 2019 and 2020.
It means that the funding ceilings for BPS and rural development schemes such as Environmental Stewardship and Country Stewardship will remain unchanged for the lifetime of CAP within the UK.