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Environmental Land Management Schemes

Asked by Matt VickersConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 15 December 2025UIN 97852

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Department has made of the proportion of agricultural land participating in Environmental Land Management schemes.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

50% (4.3m ha) farmed land in England actively managed in schemes, another 14% (1.3m ha) covered by assessments and plans.

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