Question follow-through · 906411
Peatlands: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to reduce carbon emissions from peatland.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 19 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to reduce carbon emissions from peatland.
18 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Nov 2025
Answer published
England’s peatlands are our largest terrestrial carbon store. By 2030, we will invest £85 million to restore and manage peatlands. We are committed to restoring approximately 280,000 hectares of peat by 2050.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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