Peatlands
Commons · Question 104884 · 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, with reference to the press release entitled England’s peatlands mapped for first time in major step towards their recovery, published on 12 May 2025, whether her Department's assessme
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 16 Jan 2026
The England Peat Map has not assessed peatland as degraded or not and so cannot determine the proportions of degraded peatland in each category mentioned. Work is currently ongoing to incorporate England Peat Map outputs into the Greenhouse Gas Inventory,...