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Countryside: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on improving responsible access to nature.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
26 Mar 2025
Target answer date
28 Mar 2025
Answer
3 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on improving responsible access to nature.

  2. 28 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the importance of providing access to the outdoors for people’s health and wellbeing and is working to ensure that this access is safe and appropriate. We are committed to increasing access to nature, and have already set out sev...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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