Question follow-through · 56332
Public Sector: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the delivery of public services in rural areas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Nature Conservation: Finance · 1 Sept 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the delivery of public services in rural areas.
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Government believes that it is important that rural communities have the opportunity to help shape decisions that affect them. As rural affairs lead, Defra continues to encourage all Government Departments to rural proof their policies, including enga...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Water: West Midlands
4 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of bathing water sites in (a) Shropshire and (b) the West Midlands.
Flood Control: South Shropshire
13 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase funding for flood defence schemes in South Shropshire constituency.
Water Restoration Fund
9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been allocated to local environmental improvement projects through the Water Restoration Fund.
Farms: Permitted Development Rights
18 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending permitted development rights on farm productivity.
Nature Conservation: Finance
1 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) financial and (b) legal support has been made available for local nature recovery strategies.
Village Halls: Grants
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to launch a smaller village halls grants scheme.
Land Use
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the land use framework will support sustainable food production on farms.
Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses
23 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support small abattoirs.
Peatlands: Controlled Burning
23 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the evidence used by his Department to inform its policy on burning on peatlands.
Water: South Shropshire
28 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made in improving water quality in South Shropshire constituency.
Rural Areas: Economic Growth
12 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential for economic growth in rural areas.
Food Supply: West Midlands
21 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action is being taken to improve food security in South Shropshire constituency and the West Midlands.