Question follow-through · 94776

Farms: Educational Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Education to encourage schools in urban areas to visit farms and learn about farming, food and the environment.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
26 Nov 2025
Target answer date
1 Dec 2025
Answer
4 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Education to encourage schools in urban areas to visit farms and learn about farming, food and the environment.

  2. 1 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    There are clear benefits of schools in urban areas arranging farm visits for their students to learn about farming, food and the environment. With our educational access actions, farmers and land managers can be funded to host educational visits to their ...

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