Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 104883
Peatlands: Carbon Emissions
Tabled: 12 January 2026
Answered: 16 January 2026
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
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
Mary CreaghThe 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...
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