Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 55178

Agriculture: Land Use

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Lewis Cocking

ConservativeBroxbourne

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's (a) rewilding and (b) land use policies on the amount of land available for (i) farming and (ii) food production

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Land Use Consultation published this year was underpinned by analysis of land use change for nature restoration and other objectives. This included analysis of potential spatial distributions of change to 2050, taking account of land’s suitability for...

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