Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 24140

Agriculture: Land

Tabled: 15 January 2025

Answered: 28 January 2025

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the quantity of best and most versatile agricultural land.

Answer

Mary Creagh

The current estimate of the quantity of best and most versatile agricultural land is 42% of agricultural land. Grades 1 and 2 together form about 21% of all farmland in England; Subgrade 3a also covers about 21%. The last publicly available estimate of BM...

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