Question follow-through · 34211
Historic England: Crime and Disorder Act 1998
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making Historic England a named body for the purposes of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2025 · 35 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making Historic England a named body for the purposes of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Apr 2025
Answer published
Defra has made no such assessment as the Department is neither responsible for Historic England nor for the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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