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Question follow-through · 80143

Farmers: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of farmers' mental health on the level of agricultural output.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of farmers' mental health on the level of agricultural output.

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Defra has not done an assessment, but we recognise that poor mental health can have a damaging effect on farm productivity and are supporting farmer specific access to mental health support services through the Farming Welfare Grant.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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