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Non-Native Species

Commons · Question 62441 · Tabled 24 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 2 Jul 2025

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Asked by Lizzi Collinge

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has (a) evaluated the outcomes of the Invasive Species Management Fund and (b) considered (i) renewing the fund, (ii) establishing a successor scheme and (iii) p

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Answered by Mary Creagh, 2 Jul 2025

Over the last two years, Defra has funded twelve Local Action Groups (LAGs) across all regions in England to control invasive species through its Local Invasive Species Management Fund. The funding period has now come to an end and Defra is currently eval...