Question follow-through · 124415
Japanese Knotweed: Weed Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing financial support to homeowners for the treatment or removal of Japanese knotweed; and what consideration h
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 13 Apr 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing financial support to homeowners for the treatment or removal of Japanese knotweed; and what consideration h
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Apr 2026
Answer published
The treatment or removal of Japanese knotweed is the responsibility of the homeowner and Defra has no plans to offer financial support. Defra has not reviewed its current guidance, as no new evidence has emerged that would make a further review necessary....
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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