Question follow-through · 37858

Rivers: Walking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the selection criteria his Department is using to (a) review and (b) allocate funding for locations for the nine new national river walks.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
14 Mar 2025
Answer
20 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the selection criteria his Department is using to (a) review and (b) allocate funding for locations for the nine new national river walks.

  2. 14 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Officials are continuing to scope out the delivery of the nine new national river walks manifesto commitment. Further details will be published in due course.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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