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Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature Grants Programme

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 10 February 2026UIN 110692

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK leads global efforts to help communities save the ocean and beat poverty, published on 26 January 2026, what proportion of OCEAN grant funding is provided as direct financial support to community organisations.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Through Round One and Two, approximately 20% (£4,905,878) of OCEAN Grants Programme funding is expected to be provided in direct financial support to local NGOs, Civil Society Organisations and other in-country non-profit organisations working closely with communities.

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