Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 95533

Rural Areas: Skilled Workers

Tabled: 28 November 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025

Question

Callum Anderson

LabourBuckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Department records skills gaps identified by rural enterprises applying for Government support.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra provides funding to rural businesses via the Rural England Prosperity Fund. The fund is devolved to local authorities, and each individual eligible local authority are responsible for running their own rounds of funding. Defra does not record skills...

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