The National Farmers' Union (NFU) Scotland has written to Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary Shona Robison seeking confirmation that £33m deferred from the agricultural budget last year will be returned.
In the Scottish Government’s Emergency Budget Review (EBR) in 2022, to support people and businesses through the unprecedented cost crisis, the funding awarded to Scotland as part of the 2019 Bew Review into the fair allocation of agricultural support in the UK, was deferred.
The then Deputy First Minister John Swinney publicly confirmed to Scottish Parliament that the sum would be returned to the sector in future years, so the NFU is looking for clarity on the timetable.
