Question follow-through · 90086
Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Key findings, Statistical Digest of Rural England, updated on 15 October 2025, if she will request a formal assessment of the st
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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- Soil: Conservation · 2 Jan 2026
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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
11 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Key findings, Statistical Digest of Rural England, updated on 15 October 2025, if she will request a formal assessment of the st
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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20 Nov 2025
Answer published
In producing the Statistical Digest of Rural England (the Digest) Defra takes the approach of voluntary application of the Code of Practice for Statistics. The Digest is a compendium publication based on secondary analysis of statistical products produced...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Honey: Sales
13 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the (a) amount and (b) proportion of mechanically dried honey sold as honey in the UK; and what steps he is taking to ensure that honey sold in the UK me
Sewage: Pollution Control
17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Reed: Government to cut sewage pollution in half by 2030, published on 19 July 2025, what proportion of the £104 billion funding will be sp
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Visas
1 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many visas a) the Forestry Commission, b) Ofwat, c) the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, d) the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, e) the Environment Agency, f) t
Sewage: Pollution Control
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Reed: Government to cut sewage pollution in half by 2030, published on 19 July 2025, what proportion of the £104bn funding has been allocat
Soil: Conservation
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing planning protections for high-functioning soils by designating them as Soil Conservation Zones.
Agriculture: Land Use
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect Best and Most Versatile agricultural land from development.
Flood Control: Finance
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Deprived communities to get new flood defences faster, published on 14 October 2025, whether she has made an assessment of the potential im
Planning: Soil
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to promote soil education among planning officers, developers, landowners and the public.
Sewers
26 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will make it her policy to bring Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 into force.
Food Supply: Unmanned Air Systems
26 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to the potential impact of chemical approvals for drone technology on British food security.
Food Supply: Unmanned Air Systems
26 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to the potential impact of the regulatory environment for agricultural drone technology on British food security.
Landfill: Renewable Energy
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk that delays to landfill gas transitional support leading to increased waste crime, site abandonment or breaches of environmental permit conditi