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Commons · Question 18275 · Tabled 5 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of the condition of the canal towpath network and (b) potential merits of enabling higher levels of use of the canal towpath network for
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 6 Jan 2025
Use of towpaths by walkers and cyclists is an operational matter for individual navigation authorities, and Government does not have a role in that. However, Defra provides an annual grant of £52.6 million to the Canal and River Trust, which is the larges...