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.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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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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Recorded timeline

  1. 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.

  2. 14 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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