Chilterns: Finance
Commons · Question 23481 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 4 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make funding available to expand the Chilterns National Landscape.
Answer
Answered by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, 4 Sep 2026
Natural England (NE) has the statutory responsibility for identifying areas for new or extended National Landscape designations, and has no plans to expand the Chilterns National Landscape. Given the pressures on public finances, Defra has had to make dif...