Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 103735

Agriculture: Employment

Tabled: 7 January 2026

Answered: 14 January 2026

Question

Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat — Westmorland and Lonsdale

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the number of people leaving the agricultural sector.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Defra produces statistical estimates of the number of people working on commercial [see a below] agricultural holdings in England. Defra does not monitor the numbers leaving and entering the sector separately, therefore estimates show the net change in th...

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