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Farms: Tenants

Commons · Question 81462 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

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Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rent increases in agricultural tenancies on UK food production; and what support the Government is offering tenant fa

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 20 Oct 2025

Defra monitors farm rents in England annually and the most recent farm rents data publication shows changes in farm rents per hectare vary according to the type of tenancy agreement, type of farmland and by location. A range of economic factors can affect...