Question follow-through · 84668

Farms: Domestic Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2025 to Question 62320 on Farm: Domestic Visits, if he will provide an aggregate and anonymised number of farm visits since 4 July 2025.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
27 Oct 2025
Answer
5 Nov 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2025 to Question 62320 on Farm: Domestic Visits, if he will provide an aggregate and anonymised number of farm visits since 4 July 2025.

  2. 27 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Defra ministers regularly visit farms in a range of counties and meet with farmers and the wider industry.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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