Written questions

Countryside: Access

Lords · Question HL8872 · Tabled 25 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 8 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Baroness Scott of Needham Market

To ask His Majesty's Government how much DEFRA spent in total in the past financial year to create new opportunities for the public to access nature, or to improve existing public access, excluding engagement programmes.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 8 Jul 2025

We are committed both to creating new opportunities for the public to access nature, and to improving existing public access. For instance, in FY24/25 we spent £5.5 million on progressing delivery of the King Charles III England Coast Path and £5.6 millio...