Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Environment Agency

Oct. 10 2022

Source Page: LA21 8HP, Yorkshire Mountaineering Club Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/QB3693VW/A001
Document: LA21 8HP, Yorkshire Mountaineering Club Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/QB3693VW/A001 (webpage)

Found: LA21 8HP, Yorkshire Mountaineering Club Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR

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Written Question

Outdoor Recreation

Thursday 24th November 2022

Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made for the implications of her policies of the proposals outlined in the British Mountaineering Council's open letter entitled the Outdoors for All.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

The Government agrees with the three proposals set out in British Mountaineering Council’s open letter specifically that there should be fair access to the outdoors for everyone, better opportunities for young people to access the outdoors, and that we should invest in the health and well-being benefits of spending time in nature. We are working across departments developing a number of policies to open up access; for example, through active travel, nature-rich school grounds, more urban parks and green social prescribing.

To support fair access for all, for example:

• we are delivering the £9 million Levelling Up Parks Fund which will create or significantly refurbish over 100 green spaces, targeting the 100 most deprived urban communities across the UK who also lack accessible green space;
• through the England Trees Action Plan we are creating Woodland Creation Partnerships and Community Forests to enable the creation of large scale publicly accessible woodlands near towns and cities; and
• we have also committed to continuing to fund access in the development of our new Environmental Land Management schemes.

To support opportunities for young people to connect with nature we are, for example:

• committing to increase opportunities for all children and young people to spend time and get involved in nature;
• implementing a new Climate Leaders Award and National Education Nature Park, which in combination will encourage children and young people to learn about biodiversity and sustainability and take action to improve their school grounds; and

• Introducing a new Natural History GCSE.

To support the health and wellbeing benefits of spending time in nature, we are, for example:

• completing the England Coast Path, which at around 2,700 miles will be the longest coastal walking route in the world. 800 miles of the England Coast Path are now open to the public;
• delivering the £5.77 million cross-governmental green social prescribing programme, which is aiming to implement green social prescribing in order to improve mental health outcomes and reduce health inequalities; and
• investing an unprecedented £2 billion in walking and cycling over this Parliament, building hundreds of miles of high-quality cycle lanes and increasing access to a range of places including green spaces.

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All Party Parliamentary Group
Climbing, Hill Walking and Mountaineering APPG
To promote the sporting and recreational interests of climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers; to raise awareness of the physical and social benefits of climbing, hill walking and mountaineering; and to campaign for sustainable access to cliffs, mountains and open countryside.

Found: Climbing, Hill Walking and Mountaineering

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Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Natural England

Dec. 19 2023

Source Page: Analysis of comparability of People and Nature Surveys across UK nations
Document: (ODS)

Found: Hillwalking/mountaineering 4. Road cycling 5. Off-road/ Mountain biking 6. Pump track / BMX 7.

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Select Committee

Formal Minutes: Session 2022-23

Formal Minutes May. 29 2024

Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Devon Hedge Group [EPU0024] Open Spaces Society, British Canoeing, British Horse Society, British Mountaineering

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Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Jul. 06 2023

Source Page: The Sports Council Trust Company annual report 2021 to 2022
Document: The Sports Council Trust annual report 2021 to 2022 (PDF)

Found: The centre is an important resource for the British Mountaineering Council, Birmingham City University

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Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Sport England

Jul. 06 2023

Source Page: The Sports Council Trust Company annual report 2021 to 2022
Document: The Sports Council Trust annual report 2021 to 2022 (PDF)

Found: The centre is an important resource for the British Mountaineering Council, Birmingham City University

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Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Natural England

Mar. 04 2024

Source Page: King Charles III England Coast Path from Shotley Gate to Felixstowe Ferry: Natural England's proposals
Document: Shotley Gate to Felixstowe Ferry overview (PDF)

Found: Shotley Gate to Felixstowe Ferry | Overview A register of coastal climbing sites in England British Mountaineering

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