Question follow-through · 12074
Agriculture: Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data his Department holds on the (a) area and (b) value of (i) farms and (ii) farmland at a (A) hereditament and (B) local authority level.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 31 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2024 · 34 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
31 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data his Department holds on the (a) area and (b) value of (i) farms and (ii) farmland at a (A) hereditament and (B) local authority level.
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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4 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Defra June Survey of Agriculture has statistical estimates of the English farmland areas at local authority level, the latest available is for 2021. Please note this survey only covers commercial holdings (defined as farms with more than five hectares...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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