Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 64101
Agriculture: Solar Power
Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 9 July 2025
Question
Dr Luke Evans
Conservative — Hinckley and Bosworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of good quality agricultural land being used for the development of large scale solar farms.
Answer
Mary CreaghDefra produces statistical estimates of agricultural land areas each year from the annual June Survey of Agriculture: In 2024, the utilised agricultural area (UAA) in England was 8.7 million hectares and this has remained broadly stable, only changing by ...
ⓘ
This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 64101) →