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 the target set in the Autumn Statement 2021 for private finance to support nature’s recovery, what proportion of the £1 billion relates to the marine environment.

The Government is committed to mobilising private finance into nature’s recovery in England against our target, both on land and at sea.

We have not set specific targets for the terrestrial and marine environment respectively.