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 Countryside Stewardship grant code SB6: Rhododendron Control, how much public funding has been directed towards controlling rhododendron in England since that grant was launched.

As of 01 December 2022, a total of £3,390,762.20 has been paid out under grant code SB6: Rhododendron Control since the introduction of Countryside Stewardship in 2015.