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Farmers: Mental Health and Productivity

Commons · Question 88050 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 13 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Charlotte Cane

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November to Question 85521 on Farmers: Mental Health and Productivity, for what reason the Department does not intend to undertake such research.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 13 Nov 2025

We undertake research where evidence does not exist to inform the policy decisions we take and our future research priorities will in part be guided by the Farming Roadmap when that is published next year. We know from working with farming charities that ...