Question follow-through · 44255

Recreation Spaces: Access

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

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
4 Apr 2025
Target answer date
8 Apr 2025
Answer
8 May 2025 · 34 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

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

  2. 8 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the importance of access to nature for health and wellbeing and is committed to ensuring it is safe, inclusive and appropriate. We are delivering on our ambitious manifesto commitments to create nine new national river walks and ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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