Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 85521

Farmers: Mental Health and Productivity

Tabled: 27 October 2025

Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat — Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 83644 on Farmers: Mental Health, if she will commission research to review the link between agricultural workers' mental health an

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

We have no plans to do so. Production levels are influenced by a range of factors including the weather and market prices. We regularly liaise with farming welfare charities and industry stakeholder groups to understand the issues affecting farmers’ menta...

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