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Written question asked by Ruth George (Labour) on Friday, 2 March 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 March 2018. It was answered by Baroness Coffey (Conservative) on Monday, 12 March 2018 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Public Footpaths

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will fund from the public purse the 13 National Trails for £1.6 million annually until 2021.

Answer

Business planning and financial allocations have not yet been completed and we are therefore not yet in a position to announce the future level of funding until 2021 for the 13 national trails.

Natural England wrote to each of the national trail partnerships last December making an interim offer of 50% of the funding made to each of the national trails in 2017/18. The offer was an advance contribution towards the costs the partnerships would incur in 2018/19 in the absence of Natural England being able to confirm its overall funding position for 2018/19.



Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
130777
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Finance Public footpaths
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk