Written questions

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...