Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82754

Canal and River Trust

Tabled: 16 October 2025

Answered: 23 October 2025

Question

Kim Leadbeater

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) funding for the Canal & River Trust to maintain and improve England’s waterways and (b) the long-term funding arra

Answer

Emma Hardy

The Government is currently providing the Canal and River Trust with a 15-year grant (2012-2027) totalling about £740 million to support maintenance of the canal network infrastructure. When it was set up in 2012, the Government also provided the Trust wi...

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