Rural Affairs

Part 3 - a protected countryside - objectives and spending

Objectives:

  • To conserve and enhance rural landscapes and the diversity and abundance of wildlife (including the habitats on which it depends).

  • To increase opportunities for people to get enjoyment from the countryside. To open up public access to mountain, heath, moor and down and registered common land by the end of 2005.

 
Spending (£ million)
£m 1996-7 2000-01 Projected for 2003-4 Projected 2001/2-2003/4
National Parks and Broads Authorities (including new parks)
17
21
30
77
National Forest Company
2
3
4
11
Countryside Agency (access and environment)
n/a
33
44
117
English Nature
40
51
64
183
Implementation of measures in Countryside & Rights of Way Bill
-
-
25
58
Countryside around towns
-
-
2
5
Note: MAFF and FC expenditure on agri-environment and forestry schemes under ERDP is included in the table at the end of Part 2.

 

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