Question follow-through · 110262

Agriculture: Profitability

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help improve the profitability of farming in England.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
4 Feb 2026
Answer
9 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help improve the profitability of farming in England.

  2. 4 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Farming Roadmap and the full Government response to the Farming Profitability Review will be published later this year, setting out the wider plan to boost profitability and long-term viability. The Government is already taking forward a series of mea...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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