Question follow-through · 51905
Land Use
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of hectares of (a) agricultural land, (b) Grade 1 agricultural land, (c) Grade 2 agricultural land, (d) Grade 3a agricultural land, (e) Grade
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 May 2025
- Answer
- 20 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of hectares of (a) agricultural land, (b) Grade 1 agricultural land, (c) Grade 2 agricultural land, (d) Grade 3a agricultural land, (e) Grade
16 May 2025
Target answer date
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20 May 2025
Answer published
An estimate will be made when an updated Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) map is published later this year. Land classification is a devolved matter, and each nation within the UK takes a different approach. In England and Wales, the ALC system is u...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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