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National Landscapes

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 12 June 2025UIN 57783

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided to the programme to designate and expand national landscapes.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Defra provided direct funding of £1.1 million per annum for years 2022/23 - 2024/25 to accelerate Natural England's work on designations. As well as the programme to consider designating and expanding National Landscapes, Natural England used this funding on wider work relating to landscape designations and alternatives.

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