Nature Restoration Fund
(asked on 28th October 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the Nature Restoration Fund is accessible to environmental and conservation groups.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Nature Restoration Fund will provide opportunities to fund farmers, habitat banks, and environmental and conservation groups to deliver conservation measures. This will represent a source of revenue diversification for these businesses and organisations.
The Bill is drafted to enable delegation and partnership working, allowing Natural England to fund farmers to supply conservation measures directly or through third-party arrangements. The Government will publish guidance to Natural England on how they should work with the third parties to deliver EDPs.