Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 73922

Department for Work and Pensions: Rural Areas

Tabled: 1 September 2025
Answered: 10 September 2025

Question

Terry Jermy

LabourSouth West Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps their Department is taking to implement the guidance entitled The government’s approach to rural proofing 2025, published on 15 May 2025.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The Government has made a commitment that all policy decision-making should be rural proofed. Rural proofing ensures that rural areas are not overlooked and that the intended outcomes are deliverable in rural areas. DEFRA leads on rural proofing, but indi...

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