Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 106343
Fires: Countryside
Tabled: 16 January 2026
Answered: 26 January 2026
Question
James Cartlidge
Conservative — South Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many hectares of English countryside have been burnt by wildfires in the last twelve months; and what the cost was of (a) fighting the fires, (b) loss of economic activity, (
Answer
Samantha DixonThe Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) has responsibility for land management and environmental policy, which includes environmental restoration. As outlined in the departments’ response to the Member’s question UIN 95122 on 14 Ja...
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