Question follow-through · 60687
Rivers: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support restoring (a) natural processes to river corridors within river catchments and (b) (i) native vegetation, (ii) floodplain connectivity an
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support restoring (a) natural processes to river corridors within river catchments and (b) (i) native vegetation, (ii) floodplain connectivity an
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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25 Jun 2025
Answer published
The England Woodland Creation Offer provides 100% of standard woodland creation capital costs and further incentivises the restoration of native riparian vegetation for water benefits through stackable supplementary payments for woodlands that improve wat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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