Employment: National Landscapes
Commons · Question 61634 · Tabled 20 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing funding to Natural England’s programme to designate or expand National Landscapes on employment.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 30 Jun 2025
Natural England (NE) has the statutory responsibility for identifying areas for new or extended National Landscape designations. Given the pressures on public finances, Defra has had to make difficult decisions about funding. It was not affordable to cont...