Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 12708

Farms: Ownership

Tabled: 5 November 2024
Answered: 11 November 2024

Question

Steve Barclay

ConservativeNorth East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the proportion of farm holdings that are owned by a single person or entity.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
In 2021, the statistical estimates for the proportion of farmers in England who have financial and legal responsibility for an agricultural holding is shown below: Financial and legal responsibility for a holdingProportion of holdingsOne person46%Two or m...

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