Agriculture: Land Use
Commons · Question 92368 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Patrick Spencer
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of land have been taken out of food production in the last year.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 25 Nov 2025
Agricultural land can be taken out of human food production for a variety of reasons, including for agricultural purposes (for example when it’s used to produce animal feed, as bare fallow within the annual crop rotations or for temporary crops such as le...