Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 906296

Agriculture and Food: Skilled Workers

Tabled: 5 November 2025
Answered: 13 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Shaun Davies

LabourTelford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help increase skills in the agriculture, food and farming sectors.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The Government’s skills white paper sets out our ambition for an employer focussed skills employment system. This means equipping individuals with life and work skills, while ensuring businesses also invest in developing the current future workforce. The Farming Roadmap will set out how farming can evolve in response to changing markets, technologies, and environmental pressures, and how the Government will support this transition.

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