Written questions

Japanese Knotweed: Nottinghamshire

Commons · Question 28157 · Tabled 3 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 11 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Juliet Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding to help tackle the knotweed in Nottinghamshire.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 11 Feb 2025

The Government recognises the impacts caused by invasive species, including Japanese knotweed. Funding is available for control and management of Japanese knotweed and other invasive plant species through Defra’s Environmental Land Management (ELM) Countr...