A question on #Employment #NationalLandscapes tabled by Blake Stephenson on 20-06-2025 has been answered by Mary Creagh.

Heading: Employment: National Landscapes
Question ID: 1814987
UIN: 61634
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-20
Asking Member ID: 5100
Asking Member display name: Blake Stephenson
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Blake Stephenson
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing funding to Natural England’s programme to designate or expand National Landscapes on employment.
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Date answered: 2025-06-30
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Answering Member ID: 1579
Answering Member display name: Mary Creagh
Answering Member handle: marycreagh_
Answering Member Twitter reference: @marycreagh_
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Answer text: Natural England (NE) has the statutory responsibility for identifying areas for new or extended National Landscape designations. Given the pressures on public finances, Defra has had to make difficult decisions about funding. It was not affordable to cont...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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