Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 76874
Agriculture: Pollinators
Tabled: 12 September 2025
Answered: 19 September 2025
Question
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the £500 million estimate of the value of pollination services to UK agriculture was calculated.
Answer
Mary CreaghBees and other pollinators play an essential role in our £100 billion food industry. The latest estimated value of insect pollination on UK crops fruit, vegetable and oil seed rape production is around £630 million per year. This estimate is based on incr...
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