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FOI2026/00558: Farming Innovation Programme competitions

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Case reference FOI2026/00558

Received 2 July 2026

Published 14 September 2026

Request

Request received: 2 July 2026

data relating to success rates and applicant numbers and other information for the Farming Innovation Programme competitions. Please provide this data by completing the table below.

Competition / strand

Deadline month/year

Competition round / reference (e.g, Round 10)

Funding available for that round (£)

Total number of applications received

Number of applications passing eligibility checks

Number of applications scoring 70+

Number of applications scoring 80+

Number of applications awarded funding

Largest grant awarded (£)

Smallest grant awarded (£)

Average total project size of awarded projects (£)

Average grant amount awarded (£)

Please provide the data for the latest round available within your records. I have also included fields for the deadline month/year and competition round (e.g., Round 10).

Response

Response sent: 31 July 2026

Full details of this response are available in the attached documents.

Documents

• FOI2026_00558 Annex 1.pdf (173.1 KB)
• FOI_Response_Letter - FOI2026_00558_Redacted.pdf (240.3 KB)

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