Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 88050

Farmers: Mental Health and Productivity

Tabled: 4 November 2025

Answered: 13 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 3 November to Question 85521 on Farmers: Mental Health and Productivity, for what reason the Department does not intend to undertake such research.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

We undertake research where evidence does not exist to inform the policy decisions we take and our future research priorities will in part be guided by the Farming Roadmap when that is published next year. We know from working with farming charities that ...

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