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Inland Waterways

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to inland waters for recreational users.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
8 Jun 2026
Answer
10 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to inland waters for recreational users.

  2. 8 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the importance of providing access to the outdoors for people’s health and wellbeing. Public access onto around 3,400 miles of our regulated inland waterways, including several of the larger rivers, is available through the lice...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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