Question follow-through · 84736

Peatlands: Controlled Burning

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the evidence used by his Department to inform its policy on burning on peatlands.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 23 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 27 Oct 2025
Answer: 29 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

23 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the evidence used by his Department to inform its policy on burning on peatlands.
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2025
Answer published
Earlier this year Natural England published a thorough evidence review looking at the effects of managed burning on upland peatlands. This remains the most comprehensive review available and can be found via the following link - An evidence review update ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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