Select Committee

The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture

ECL0037 - Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors

Written Evidence Nov. 28 2023

Inquiry: Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: ECL0037 - Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture

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Written Question

Agriculture: Land Use

Friday 1st December 2023

Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Buckingham)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the acreage of farm land used for (a) housing development, (b) commercial development, (c) solar panels and (d) battery storage in each of the last five years.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

Figures for 2019 onwards are derived using a revised methodology and are expressed as three-year totals. They are not directly comparable with figures for earlier years. Accordingly, the available information for the last three years for which figures are available for (a) and (b) is set out in the table below. Separate figures for (c) and (d) are not available.

			Amount of land changing use (acres) (a)
Period (b)		Change of use:
		Agriculture to residential	Agriculture to Industry and commerce
2019 to 2022 (c)		9,854	3,168
Source: DLUHC Land use change - hectarage statistics, (part of) Live Table P361 at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/land-use-change-hectarage-2019-to-2022
Notes:
(a) Figures are published in hectares and have been converted into acres for this table.

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Select Committee

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)

ECL0004 - Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors

Written Evidence Nov. 28 2023

Inquiry: Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: ECL0004 - Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

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Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Education

Jan. 30 2024

Source Page: Wave 4 T Levels: overlapping qualifications
Document: (ODS)

Found: 180 Agriculture ST0243 Land-Based Service Engineering Technician Agriculture, Land Management and Production

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