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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding her Department provided to peat restoration projects in the latest period for which data is available.

Since 2020, the Government has funded over £19million to peatland restoration projects through the Nature for Climate Peatland Grant scheme. On 26 August 2023 the government announced a further £16m of government funding for an additional twelve peatland restoration projects as part of the scheme.

In addition to this, there are 10 projects in Round 1 of the Landscape Recovery scheme which will include elements of peatland restoration works. The funding for these projects has not yet been finalised as projects are still in the development phase of the scheme. Countryside Stewardship has provided approximately £7m and Environmental Stewardship approximately £200,000 of funding for peatland restoration activities over the last 12 months.