Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help reduce the reliance on private funding and charities in the conservation of UK Overseas Territories' biodiversity.
The Government has funded several environmental projects to address and eradicate invasive species, including rats, in the UK Overseas Territories. Total spends for the last five years below:
2018-19 | £413,293 |
2019-20 | £1,005,775 |
2020-21 | £444,763 |
2021-22 | £520,138 |
2022-23 | £562,867 (Approved funding for this financial year) |
It is not possible to identify amounts by individual species.