Peatlands: Carbon Emissions
Commons · Question 104883 · Tabled 12 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of peatland assessed as degraded is (a) lowland farmland in the Fens,(b) other lowland cropland, (c) grassland, (d) modified heather dominated upland, (e)
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 16 Jan 2026
The England Peat Map (EPM) does not classify peatlands by land-management definitions or directly test peat health. It provides a detailed national map of peat extent and depth, vegetation and land cover, upland drainage channels, and bare peat-features t...