Question follow-through · 17932
Land: Data Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cumulative loss of agricultural land resulting from data centre developments.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cumulative loss of agricultural land resulting from data centre developments.
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2026
Answer published
The expansion of AI infrastructure is critical to the UK's long-term economic growth, resilience, and global competitiveness. Government is working with industry to improve understanding of the demand for agricultural land. National planning policy gives ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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