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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...