Question follow-through · 102029
Planning: Soil
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.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jan 2026
Question tabled
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.
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the importance of soil education and promoting the importance of soil health, through sustainable and responsibly managed soil practices.Defra continues to engage with the industry to disseminate a range of material to support pl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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