Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 90185

Farmers: Mental Health

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 20 November 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve mental health awareness training for the agricultural sector.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Defra funds the Farmer Welfare Grant that includes a recipient consortium led by The Farmer Network that is delivering mental health first aid training to those who ...
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