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Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 16 June 2025UIN 58360

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the trends in capital investment in the farming sector ahead of the implementation of reforms to agricultural property relief and business property rel

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Data on farm investment income is available in the table 5 series of Farm Accounts in England – these tables show data for 2022/23 and 2023/24. The Farm Business Survey is currently collecting the 2024/25 data.

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