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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of the condition of the canal towpath network and (b) potential merits of enabling higher levels of use of the canal towpath network for
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2025 · 32 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of the condition of the canal towpath network and (b) potential merits of enabling higher levels of use of the canal towpath network for
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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6 Jan 2025
Answer published
Use of towpaths by walkers and cyclists is an operational matter for individual navigation authorities, and Government does not have a role in that. However, Defra provides an annual grant of £52.6 million to the Canal and River Trust, which is the larges...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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