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Rural Areas: Supply Chains

Asked by Callum AndersonLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 8 December 2025UIN 95536

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what framework the Department uses to evaluate rural supply-chain resilience projects funded by public programmes.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The effectiveness of public programmes is reviewed according to standard Government evaluation guidance. This usually includes process, impact and value for money criteria against the stated objectives of each grant scheme.

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