Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Environmental Land Management schemes will reward farmers and land managers for the creation of new paths to improve public access to the countryside.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Huddersfield on 19 January 2022, PQ UIN 100429.
Increasing access into the countryside is currently supported by existing schemes and other mechanisms already in place. We are still considering our approach to increasing and maintaining access to the countryside in our future schemes, including our environmental land management schemes. This includes the creation of new paths to improve public access to the countryside.