United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 73245
Canals: Closures
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29 August 2025
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8 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many miles of canal have been closed for navigation due to water shortages in 2025.
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29 August 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many miles of canal have been closed for navigation due to water shortages in 2025.
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8 September 2025
Answer
The country’s largest navigation authority, the Canal and River Trust, reports that the prolonged period of dry weather this spring and summer has led to a number of restrictions and closures across its 2,000-mile inland waterway network. As well as low w...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/73245
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1830002
- uk · wq-1830002 · source updated 8 September 2025