Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much land in the UK has Natural England purchased in the last 5 years.

Noting that Natural England (NE) only covers England, not the UK, NE purchased the freehold of approximately 1,500 hectares of land in England during the five completed financial years from 2021/22 to 2025/26