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Rural Areas

Commons · Question 90086 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 20 Nov 2025

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Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Key findings, Statistical Digest of Rural England, updated on 15 October 2025, if she will request a formal assessment of the st

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Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 20 Nov 2025

In producing the Statistical Digest of Rural England (the Digest) Defra takes the approach of voluntary application of the Code of Practice for Statistics. The Digest is a compendium publication based on secondary analysis of statistical products produced...