Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 87673
Infrastructure: Rural Areas
Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 12 November 2025
Question
Mr Angus MacDonald
Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support essential infrastructure in rural communities at risk of depopulation.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleRural policy is a devolved matter. Defra regularly publishes statistics on a range of social and economic topics including rural population trends, and rural service provision in The Statistical Digest for Rural England. Net internal migration within Engl...
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