Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what resources he plans to allocate to put in place a marine blue belt around the Overseas Territories to protect marine habitats in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.

Resources for the financial years 2015-16 and 2016-17 have yet to be agreed. Government officials are currently developing the framework for delivering the blue-belt of marine conservation and protection across the Overseas Territories, which will be implemented on a case by case basis, dependent on local support and environmental need.