Chamber and committees

Decisions on any potential future funding rounds of the Future Farming Investment Scheme have not taken place. If the scheme was to be run again, the Scottish Government would engage with stakeholders to determine any changes to the scheme.

We intend to publish the details on how many applications did not pass each stage of the assessment process. Applicants will be able to review this information alongside the details they submitted, to help them understand the reason their application was not successful.

No, individual feedback is not available to businesses. However, businesses can email the FFIS team if they have concerns.

Figures include the additional 122 offers of grant that will be made following validation checks.

The Scottish Government does not record this data.

In the event any businesses offered funding choose not to accept their offer of grant, offers will be made to the next highest scoring businesses to ensure full use of the scheme budget.

There were many reasons why applications were not considered eligible for grant supporting. These were:

• One or more items applied for not fundable (multiple unrelated items applied for as a single entry/incomplete description/no supporting animals for item/no lengths, areas etc.)
• Application email provided was not valid
• Business declared their business didn't deliver any of the Scottish Governments Vision for Agriculture
• Failed the Active Farmer/Crofter BPS test
• No other Support Scheme Claims
• No Single Application Form Submitted
• Not Registered & Approved for Funding
• Didn't Comply With Whole Farm Plan requirements for BPS
• Payment Holds Applied To Business
• Agricultural Area Less than 3 hectares
• Previous Capital Grant Scheme Claim Refused
• Declared New Entrant but evidence showed not meeting FFIS definition
• Declared Young Farmer but evidence showed not meeting FFIS definition
• Declared Organic Land but evidence showed not meeting FFIS definition
• Declared they were a medium sized business to obtain higher grant than entitled to
• Declared they were a large business to obtain higher grant than entitled to
• Declared they were a small business but farmed area greater than 30 hectares
• Declared that more than 50% of their agricultural business was on a tenancy but wasn't
• Declared they were island based but weren’t
• Did not declare previous SACGS/CAGS Payment
• Recoverability Safeguard Not Passed (level of outstanding debt to SG)
• Applied for more than their maximum grant eligibility

I refer the member to the answer to S6W-41743 on 18 November 2025. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

Figures include the additional 122 offers of grant that will be made following revalidation checks.

With over 19,000 capital investments applied for we do not intend to publish a breakdown of the weighting or scoring used for each capital item.