Question follow-through · 52756
National Parks: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding for the National Park Authorities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 15 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2025
- Answer
- 22 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding for the National Park Authorities.
19 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2025
Answer published
The government is providing £45.2 million of core funding to the 10 National Park Authorities, with a capital uplift of up to £15 million to support their contribution to protecting 30% of land by 2030. In challenging financial circumstances, this uplift ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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