Water Restoration Fund: Rivers
Commons · Question 126799 · Tabled 13 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing ring-fenced funding for chalk stream restoration in the Water Restoration Fund.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 20 Apr 2026
The Government is investing £1.8 million through the Water Restoration Fund (WRF) and Water Environment Improvement Fund (WEIF) for locally-led chalk stream clean-up projects. On 20 January this year the Government announced that it is reinvesting £29 mi...