PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Hedges and Ditches: Conservation (17 April 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of miles of hedgerow that has been (a) created and (b) restored since January 2023.
Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour)
Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour)
Answer
We have made no such assessment regarding the total number of hedgerows created or restored since 2023, however, there are now approximately 56,000 miles of hedgerows being managed through 16,000 agreements in the Government’s Countryside Stewardship and Sustainable Farming Incentive schemes. Under Countryside Stewardship approximately 20,680 Miles of Hedgerow have been created and restored since January 2023.
Answered by:
Sir Mark Spencer (Conservative)
22 April 2024
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