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Countryside: Fires

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 14 January 2026UIN 95122

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of the English countryside have been burnt by wildfires in the last twelve months; and what the cost was in terms of (a) fighting the fires, (b) loss of economic acti

Answered by Mary Creagh

Defra does not hold details on how many hectares of the English countryside have been burnt by wildfires in the last twelve months.MHCLG is responsible for fire policy and operations.

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