Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 11 November 2024.
Steve Barclay
Conservative, North East Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the proportion of farm holdings that are owned by a single person or entity.
Daniel Zeichner
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In 2021, the statistical estimates for the proportion of farmers in England who have financial and legal responsibility for an agricultural holding is shown below:
Financial and legal responsibility for a holding | Proportion of holdings |
One person | 46% |
Two or more people who are close family members | 49% |
Two or more people who are not related | 1% |
An organisation (or a legal person) | 4% |
Sourced from the Defra June Survey of Agriculture
Yes2 people think so
No2 people think not
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