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Environmental Land Management Schemes

Commons · Question 97852 · Tabled 8 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 15 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Department has made of the proportion of agricultural land participating in Environmental Land Management schemes.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 15 Dec 2025

50% (4.3m ha) farmed land in England actively managed in schemes, another 14% (1.3m ha) covered by assessments and plans.