Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 84705

Rural Areas: Cost of Living

Tabled: 23 October 2025
Answered: 30 October 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the rural premium on rural communities.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra regularly publishes statistics on a range of social and economic topics and provides broad comparisons between Rural and Urban areas by settlement type. These are available through The Statistical Digest for Rural England. This Government is committ...

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