Farmers: how to claim funding to improve animal health and welfare
Find out how to claim for animal health and welfare reviews and endemic disease follow-ups.
Applies to England
You can claim funding if you have set up a ‘Get funding to improve animal health and welfare’ (IAHW) agreement before the vet visit. The vet will give you a summary for the animal health and welfare review or endemic disease follow-up.
When to claim
You can submit a claim until 19 September 2027 (all reviews and follow-up visits must have been done by 19 June 2027).
Your review claim must be approved before you claim for the resulting follow-up. You must have followed the guidance on timing of reviews and follow-ups.
What information you’ll need to provide
When you claim you’ll need to give details from the vet’s summary. Find out what must be included in a:
- cattle review summary
- pig review summary
- sheep review summary
- cattle follow-up summary
- pig follow-up summary
- sheep follow-up summary
Claim funding
Claim funding to improve animal health and welfare.
Get help with your claim
For more help with claiming, you can watch the videos that show you how to make a claim for:
Contact the Rural Payments Agency and give your IAHW agreement number if you:
- cannot claim online
- have a question about your claim
Rural Payments Agency
PO Box 352
Worksop
S80 9FG
Email: ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk
Telephone: 03000 200 301
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm, except public holidays
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Updates to this page
Published 19 June 2024Last updated 21 January 2025 + show all updates
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Added the name of the agreement to the Get help with your claim section.
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Added details about which agreement needs to be in place. Added clarity over dates claims can be made until.
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We have added a link to video guidance to help you claim.
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First published.