Horticulture: Peat
(asked on 18th September 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of peat harvested to supply amateur gardeners in (1) 2022–23, and (2) 2023–24.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 6th October 2025
Sales figures for peat are collated by calendar year. Retail sales of peat for 2022 were 470,691 cubic metres, and for 2023 were 388, 969 cubic metres.