HC Deb 28 March 2000 vol 347 c83W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of recent trends in the value of agricultural land. [115949]

Ms Quin

The most comprehensive information on the sales of agricultural land is collected by the Valuation Office Agency and is analysed and published by MAFF. The table shows the average price of all agricultural land sold in England from 1993 to 1998.

Average sale Price £/ha
1993 3,791
1994 4,229
1995 4,788
1996 6,058
19971 6,456
19981 6,185
1 Provisional data

Initial information for sales in the first two quarters of 1999 indicate a slight increase in price compared with the same period in the previous year.

Similar data for Wales are published by the National Assembly for Wales.