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Agriculture: Land

Commons · Question 12073 · Tabled 31 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 28 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Steve Barclay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data the Rural Payments Agency holds on the (a) area and (b) value of (i) farms and (ii) farmland at a (A) hereditament and (B) local authority level.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 28 Nov 2024

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) does not hold data at hereditament level, or any data on values of farms or farmland. It does hold data on areas of land for businesses registered with the RPA and associated agricultural land, i.e. land registered as Arabl...