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Asked by Jim McMahonLabour (Co-op)Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 4 December 2025UIN 95143

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate has been made of levels of glass house food growing capacity for each year from 2015 to date.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Defra’s statistical estimate of the total glasshouse area used for growing food (vegetables, salad and fruit) in England on 1 June 2025 is 549ha, down from 671ha on 1 June 2015. The complete timeseries is below and available at Agricultural land use in England - GOV.UK.

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Glasshouse area on 1 June used for growing vegetables, salad or fruit (ha)

671

733

697

680

684

661

652

603

591

566

549

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