§ Baroness Byfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will name the government departments which have failed to achieve their rural-proofing targets in the last full year. [HL3763]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty)The Countryside Agency published its report on the first full year of rural proofing on 11 April. Table 2 in the report comments individually on how far rural proofing has been effectively implemented in each home department but the report does not explicitly categorise some departments as having succeeded and others as having failed; instead, it makes clear that in most departments there is more to do to ensure that sytems that have been put in place deliver tangible benefits to rural people.