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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the AONB Grant Payments FY2020-21.

Progress of the individual AONB Management Teams is monitored on an ongoing basis against their adopted business plan objectives. Going forward the Government will be seeking to better align the objectives of the Environmental Improvement Plan 2023 to the grants provided to AONB Management Teams. This will be done by setting clear targets for AONBs in our new Outcomes Framework for protected landscapes.