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Rural England Prosperity Fund

Asked by Leigh InghamLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 24 February 2025UIN 31245

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Rural England Prosperity Fund will receive funding for 2025-2026.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

The Autumn Statement on 30 October confirmed Defra’s budgets for 2024-25 and 2025-26. Funding allocations for individual programmes for the next financial year will be determined through the department’s business planning exercise.

The Department are working closely with the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government and will update on the Rural England Prosperity Fund in due course.

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