Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 89194
Farms: Inspections
Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025
Question
David Smith
Labour — North Northumberland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what coordination processes are in place between (a) the Rural Payments Agency, (b) the Animal and Plant Health Agency and (c) other arms-length bodies of her Department to (i) reduce
Answer
Dame Angela EagleOur arm’s-length bodies are implementing more risk-based approaches for inspections and increasing use of remote monitoring tools, reducing administrative burdens on farmers who are doing the right thing. We are also implementing a more advice-led approac...
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