Question follow-through · 19295

Job Security: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of job security in rural areas.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 11 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 16 Dec 2024
Answer: 23 Dec 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

11 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of job security in rural areas.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Dec 2024
Answer published
Rural policy is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only. The UK Government is committed to improving the quality of life for people living and working in rural areas. To achieve this, we are ensuring that the need...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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