Natural England: Finance
Commons · Question 74247 · Tabled 2 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 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 for Natural England's programme to (a) designate and (b) expand National Landscapes on economic growth.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 9 Sep 2025
Given the pressures on public finances, Defra has had to make difficult decisions about funding. It was not affordable to continue Defra funding to Natural England to continue the new National Landscapes designations programme in 25/26. As such, Natural E...