The short answerDelinked payments replaced Basic Payment Scheme payments in England in 2024. They are paid each year until 2027, and then they end, so the environmental schemes and grants are where farm support goes next.
Plan now for the income they leave behind: the Sustainable Farming Incentive, Countryside Stewardship and the capital and equipment grants are the main schemes listed alongside them.
Quick facts
- Replaced
- Basic Payment Scheme
- Started
- 2024
- Last BPS year
- 2023
- Paid until
- 2027
- Next
- SFI, Countryside Stewardship, grants
What changed
"Delinked payments replaced Basic Payment Scheme ( BPS ) payments in 2024." "The 2023 scheme year was the last year of BPS ."
How long they last
"Delinked payments will be made each year from 2024 until 2027." See every farming grant in England for what replaces them.
Common questions
What are delinked payments?
The payments that replaced the Basic Payment Scheme in England from 2024.
When do delinked payments end?
They are paid each year from 2024 until 2027.
What replaces them?
Environmental land management schemes such as SFI and Countryside Stewardship, plus capital and equipment grants.
Source: GOV.UK: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers, read 18 October 2026. Every figure on this page is quoted from there. If it changes, this page is wrong until we fix it — tell us and we will.