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Local Government: Ecology

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the recruitment of additional ecologists in local government.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 25 Mar 2025
Answer: 28 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Local Government: Public Records · 31 Mar 2025

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Recorded timeline

21 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the recruitment of additional ecologists in local government.
25 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
Since November 2021, the Government has committed over £35 million to Local planning authorities (LPAs) to help them prepare for and implement biodiversity net gain. Defra has confirmed funding up to the end of 2024/25 and will confirm for 2025/26 shortly...

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