Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 74247

Natural England: Finance

Tabled: 2 September 2025

Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

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 for Natural England's programme to (a) designate and (b) expand National Landscapes on economic growth.

Answer

Mary Creagh

Given the pressures on public finances, Defra has had to make difficult decisions about funding. It was not affordable to continue Defra funding to Natural England to continue the new National Landscapes designations programme in 25/26. As such, Natural E...

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