Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 85531
Countryside Stewardship Scheme: Buckinghamshire
Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025
Question
Callum Anderson
Labour — Buckingham and Bletchley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the additional hectares of farmland in Buckinghamshire that will remain under agri-environment schemes as a result of the extension to Countryside Steward
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThere are 6474 hectares of farmland in Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier agreements in Buckinghamshire which are due to expire on 31 December 2025. The majority of these will be offered a one-year extension.