Written question asked by Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative) on Tuesday, 31 January 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 February 2012. It was answered by Lord Benyon (Conservative) on Monday, 6 February 2012 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Wildlife Trusts: Expenditure

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding her Department has made available to the wildlife trusts in each of the last five years.

Answer: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.DEFRA and its arm's length bodies provide funding to the Wildlife Trusts to support a variety of aims and projects. These include improving the long-term supply of biodiversity data, funding Local Nature Partnership capacity building, supporting projects to control the spread of invasive non-native plants and running a national wildlife gardening competition. Individual trusts also receive funding in respect of agri-environment agreements, and woodland creation and management, funded through the Rural Development Programme for England.

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