Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 126799
Water Restoration Fund: Rivers
Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 20 April 2026
Named DayQuestion
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing ring-fenced funding for chalk stream restoration in the Water Restoration Fund.
Answer
Emma Hardy The Government is investing £1.8 million through the Water Restoration Fund (WRF) and Water Environment Improvement Fund (WEIF) for locally-led chalk stream clean-up projects. On 20 January this year the Government announced that it is reinvesting £29 mi...
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