British Overseas Territories: Marine Protected Areas
(asked on 13th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government plans to pay out to UK Overseas Territories to design, monitor and manage marine protected areas over the course of this Parliament.
This question was answered on 18th December 2017
Funding for the Blue Belt programme is provided through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund. The budget for Financial Year 16/17 is £4.8m.
In Financial Year 2015-16, up to £20 million was committed to 2020. Funding for future years is yet to be agreed.