Written questions

Countryside: Access

Lords · Question HL1002 · Tabled 11 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Baroness Scott of Needham Market

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to retain the public access offer within Environmental Land Management schemes so that more people can benefit from improved access to the countryside.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 17 Sep 2024

Presently Countryside Stewardship scheme supports land managers to offer educational access visits to school age children and care farming groups and also offers a supplement to support access to woodlands. In protected landscapes, the Farming in a Protec...