 02 Jun 2010, 1:47 PM
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farm-advice
Joined on 09 Nov 2005
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Natural England briefing for agents on budget reductions for capital works
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‘1. Defra and its delivery bodies like Natural England will contribute £162m to the Government’s overall £6bn savings this year – that is 5.5% of Defra’s budget for 2010/11. Like most areas that are not ring fenced, RDPE will make a contribution to that reduction in the budget deficit.
2. One part of the cuts is a reduction in the RDPE budget in 2010/11. This is a first step in the drive to reduce the public sector deficit and Natural England and Defra are working with central Government to balance this need with the need to protect the environment.
3. Existing commitments for agreements and capital works will not be affected.
4. However this will have a significant impact on the number of new in-year capital works within existing agreements that we are able to offer this year.
5. Within this much smaller budget for capital works additions to existing agreements, we will look to fund the projects which deliver the greatest environmental gain.
6. We are still able to offer new HLS agreements including capital works.
7. We will continue to discuss with agreement holders the possibility of agreeing further capital works later in the year, when we have a clearer picture of all of the budget priorities.’
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