Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 12074

Agriculture: Land

Tabled: 31 October 2024

Answered: 4 December 2024

Question

Steve Barclay

Conservative — North East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data his Department holds on the (a) area and (b) value of (i) farms and (ii) farmland at a (A) hereditament and (B) local authority level.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The Defra June Survey of Agriculture has statistical estimates of the English farmland areas at local authority level, the latest available is for 2021. Please note this survey only covers commercial holdings (defined as farms with more than five hectares...

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