Question follow-through · 77139
Nature Conservation: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase urban wildlife habitat.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 15 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2025 · 30 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase urban wildlife habitat.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2025
Answer published
Nature Towns and Cities, a new initiative, supported by Defra, is committed to bringing the benefits of nature and greenspace to everyone in the UK. It has recently awarded £15.4 million to 19 partnerships, covering 40 towns/cities, enabling local authori...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Food: Labelling
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of food labelling regulations in supporting consumers to make informed choices.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Recruitment
14 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.
Countryside: Anti-social Behaviour
22 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce antisocial behaviour from visitors to countryside areas.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Marketing
5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much their Department has spent on (a) advertising and (b) marketing in each of the last three years.
Poultry: Animal Welfare
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment the Government has made about the potential merits of using in-ovo sexing technology as an alternative to male chick culling in the egg industry.
Water Charges
16 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with water companies on the cost of water bills to customers.
Water Charges
16 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support people with the cost of water bills.
Water Charges
16 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increasing water bills on households.
Fisheries
21 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with UK fishers on (a) challenges and (b) support required.
Veterinary Services: Costs
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department are taking to help support people with veterinary bills.
Veterinary Services: Costs
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made on the affordability of veterinary bills.
Veterinary Services: Prices
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase transparency of the prices of veterinary bills.