Question follow-through · 90185

Farmers: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve mental health awareness training for the agricultural sector.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
17 Nov 2025
Answer
20 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve mental health awareness training for the agricultural sector.

  2. 17 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Defra funds the Farmer Welfare Grant that includes a recipient consortium led by The Farmer Network that is delivering mental health first aid training to those who ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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