Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 77503

Farmers: Costs

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 16 October 2025

Question

Sir Julian Smith

ConservativeSkipton and Ripon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to support tenant stock-rearing farmers with the costs of (a) rising feed, (b) energy and (c) national insurance costs.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Government’s New Deal for Farmers includes a raft of new policies and major investment to boost profits for farmers.  We have allocated a record £11.8 billion to sustainable farming and food production over this parliament. With regard to these specif...

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