Question follow-through · 115266
Peatlands: Controlled Burning
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason two pages were redacted in Natural England’s response to EIR2026/00223 on its report on managed burning.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 23 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason two pages were redacted in Natural England’s response to EIR2026/00223 on its report on managed burning.
25 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2026
Answer published
The redactions made to Natural England’s response to EIR2026/00223, were applied because the material contained third-party personal data, which is exempt from disclosure under the Environmental Information Regulations. In addition, some material was outs...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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