Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 61634
Employment: National Landscapes
Tabled: 20 June 2025
Answered: 30 June 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing funding to Natural England’s programme to designate or expand National Landscapes on employment.
Answer
Mary CreaghNatural England (NE) has the statutory responsibility for identifying areas for new or extended National Landscape designations. Given the pressures on public finances, Defra has had to make difficult decisions about funding. It was not affordable to cont...
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