Question follow-through · 36560
Rural England Prosperity Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what evidential basis he determined the level of funding through the Rural England Prosperity Fund in the 2025-26 financial year.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 7 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
7 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what evidential basis he determined the level of funding through the Rural England Prosperity Fund in the 2025-26 financial year.
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
Defra announced on 4 March that it would be providing an additional £33 million for the Rural England Prosperity Fund in financial year 2025-26. This announcement continues funding beyond the lifetime of the original scheme providing new money for new pro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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