Written questions

Agriculture: Land

Commons · Question 12074 · Tabled 31 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 4 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Steve Barclay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data his Department 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, 4 Dec 2024

The Defra June Survey of Agriculture has statistical estimates of the English farmland areas at local authority level, the latest available is for 2021. Please note this survey only covers commercial holdings (defined as farms with more than five hectares...