Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 4 November 2025.
Callum Anderson
Labour, Buckingham and Bletchley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Countryside Stewardship agreements currently in place in Buckinghamshire are eligible for the one-year extension announced in October 2025.
Callum Anderson
Labour, Buckingham and Bletchley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the additional hectares of farmland in Buckinghamshire that will remain under agri-environment schemes as a result of the extension to Countryside Stewardship.
Angela Eagle
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
There are 6474 hectares of farmland in Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier agreements in Buckinghamshire which are due to expire on 31 December 2025. The Majority of these will be offered a one-year extension.
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