Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97852

Environmental Land Management Schemes

Tabled: 8 December 2025
Answered: 15 December 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Department has made of the proportion of agricultural land participating in Environmental Land Management schemes.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
50% (4.3m ha) farmed land in England actively managed in schemes, another 14% (1.3m ha) covered by assessments and plans.