Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 81462

Farms: Tenants

Tabled: 13 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rent increases in agricultural tenancies on UK food production; and what support the Government is offering tenant fa

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Defra monitors farm rents in England annually and the most recent farm rents data publication shows changes in farm rents per hectare vary according to the type of tenancy agreement, type of farmland and by location. A range of economic factors can affect...

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