Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 89905
Farms: Small Businesses
Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025
Question
Mr Lee Dillon
Liberal Democrat — Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the economic contribution of small-scale, family-run farms to local economies in England.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleDefra does not collect data which classifies whether farms are family-run and does not hold any data on the economic contribution of small-scale, family run farms to local economies in England.