Agriculture: Productivity
Commons · Question 32839 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of available agricultural labour on agricultural productivity.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 3 Mar 2025
We recognise that it is vital that the agricultural sector have the labour they need to harvest great British produce and grow their businesses. For this reason, Defra regularly monitors agricultural labour numbers, with the most recent assessment for 1 J...