Question follow-through · 91922
Agriculture: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support farmer uptake of innovative tools such as virtual fencing.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 1 Dec 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support farmer uptake of innovative tools such as virtual fencing.
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Dec 2025
Answer published
Defra has funded virtual fencing technology projects through the Farming in Protected Landscape Programme which are helping to deliver our environmental targets in Protected Landscapes. Defra does not currently offer funding for virtual fencing technology...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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