Thérèse Coffey corrected a written answer on Public Footpaths
Sue Hayman (Labour, Workington) asked written question 229794 on 7 March 2019. Dr Thérèse Coffey answered on 12 March 2019 for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Dr Thérèse Coffey corrected the answer on 25 March 2019. The corrected text adds the figures 131, 140, 208, 212, 2213, 261, which the original did not give. Altogether 316 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress Natural England has made on the National Trail; and what the completion date is for that project.
Original and corrected answer
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| The England Coast Path (ECP) will be a 2,700 mile walking route around the coast of England. Natural England have been allocated £25.6m between 2015 and 2020 to deliver the England Coast Path. A summary of progress on each of the 16 open or approved stretches is included in Table A and B. The 50 unopened stretches are summarised in Table C. Estimated cost of establishment works and opening dates are provided where known. The ECP proposals are within scope of a European Court opinion, known colloquially as People over Wind (PoW), which was handed down in April 2018. The PoW opinion affects the way Natural England manage the impact of their proposals on sites with nature conservation designations. As such, the PoW court ruling has impacted on delivery of the path to date and will continue to have an impact moving forward. In light of this judgement and progress to date the 2020 delivery date is being reviewed. Natural England continue to work towards opening as much of the path as possible by 2020. To date the delivery programme has cost £18million. Establishment costs have been funded through grant in aid to Natural England. From 2018/19 Rural Development Programme for England funding has been available for local authorities to meet the cost of establishment. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The England Coast Path (ECP) will be a 2,700 mile walking route around the coast of England. Natural England have been allocated £25.6m between 2015 and 2020 to deliver the England Coast Path. A summary of progress on each of the 16 open or approved stretches is included in Table A and B. The 50 unopened stretches are summarised in Table C. Estimated cost of establishment works and opening dates are provided where known. The ECP proposals are within scope of a European Court opinion, known colloquially as People over Wind (PoW), which was handed down in April 2018. The PoW opinion affects the way Natural England manage the impact of their proposals on sites with nature conservation designations. As such, the PoW court ruling has impacted on delivery of the path to date and will continue to have an impact moving forward. In light of this judgement and progress to date the 2020 delivery date is being reviewed. Natural England continue to work towards opening as much of the path as possible by 2020. To date the delivery programme has cost £18million. Establishment costs have been funded through grant in aid to Natural England. From 2018/19 Rural Development Programme for England funding has been available for local authorities to meet the cost of establishment. Table A - Open stretches Stretch name | Opening date | Length in Miles | Establishment Costs (Actual) Rufus Castle to Lulworth Cove | 29/06/2012 | 20 | £25,000 Allonby to Whitehaven | 11/04/2014 | 22 | £67,813 North Gare to South Bents | 12/04/2014 | 34 | £51,306 Sea Palling to Weybourne | 12/12/2014 | 25 | £64,301 Brean Down to Minehead | 15/03/2016 | 58 | £381,506 Camber to Folkestone | 19/07/2016 | 29 | £19,123 Folkestone to Ramsgate | 19/07/2016 | 37 | £99,994 Filey Brigg to Newport Bridge | 21/07/2016 | 68 | £65,221 Hopton On Sea to Sea Palling | 24/10/2016 | 21 | £79,901 South Bents to Amble | 26/07/2018 | 44 | £223,048 | | 358 | £1,077,213 Table B - Unopened stretches undergoing building works Stretch name | Opening date | Length in Miles | Establishment costs (Estimated) Skegness to Mablethorpe | 27/02/2019 | 16 | £80,484 Newport Bridge to North Gare | TBC | 10 | £528,979 Whitehaven to Silecroft | TBC | 32 | £415,949 Walney Island | TBC | 21 | £233,679 Ramsgate to Whitstable | TBC | 25 | £31,574 Maldon to Salcott | TBC | 27 | £46,099 | | 131 | £1,336,764 Table C - Unopened stretches Region | Opening date | Length in Miles | Establishment costs (Stretches) South West | TBC | 548 | (8) | TBC West | TBC | 140 | (4) | TBC South | TBC | 276 | (7) | TBC South East | TBC | 208 | (6) | TBC Essex | TBC | 266 | (8) | TBC East | TBC | 261 | (7) | TBC North East | TBC | 212 | (5) | TBC North West | TBC | 302 | (5) | TBC | TBC | 2213 | 50 | TBC |
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