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Farms: Finance

Asked by Damian HindsConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 25 February 2025UIN 30977

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the average return on capital employed of family-owned farms in (a) England and (b) the UK.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) for family-owned farms is not available. Data are collected at the commercial farm business level by the Farm Business Survey. The survey does not collect information on whether farms are family-owned so it is not possible to infer any estimate answering this question.

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