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date	24/05/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Bracken
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2022 to Question 28455 on Bracken: Weedkillers, whether her Department has put control measures in place to help protect (a) grazing land and (b) sensitive habitats from bracken in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	186764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>An application for emergency authorisation of the use of Asulox as bracken control for the summer period of 2023 has been received. This application is being considered and decisions on whether to grant emergency authorisation in each of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will be made as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 05/06/2023 12:35:13 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

785851

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Bracken
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to achieve a reduction in the amount of open countryside covered by bracken.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL2999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Through our agri-environment schemes we encourage farmers and land managers to look after and manage their local environments. These agreements support a number of management actions, including bracken control. Currently 881 agreements specifically include action that helps control bracken. This covers 16,527 hectares of land.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 20/11/2017 11:24:38 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

785852

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Bracken
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the proportion of open countryside in England that was covered by bracken in (1) 1987, (2) 1997, (3) 2007, and (4) 2017; and what assessment they have made of the reasons for any changes in that coverage.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL3000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The extent of bracken broad habitat in England is estimated as part of the Countryside Survey, which is a survey of land cover across the UK. The survey has been undertaken at intervals since 1978 and provides evidence about the extent and condition or ‘health’ of the UK’s countryside today. The most recent survey was conducted in 2007.</p><p> </p><p>Estimations for the extent of bracken broad habitat in England are available from 1990 onwards and are provided in the table below. Data is not available for all the years referenced in the question. Within the survey, bracken broad habitat is defined as area with 95-100% coverage with bracken plants. Between 1990 and 2007 there was no change in the overall extent of bracken.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Estimated area (’000s ha) and percentage of land area of the Bracken Broad Habitat in England from 1990 to 2007<em>. </em></strong><em>Source: Countryside Survey 2007. </em></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em> Year</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>1990</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>1998</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>2007</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>(‘000 ha)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>% area of England </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>(‘000 ha)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>% area of England </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>(‘000 ha)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>% area of England</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Bracken</em></strong></p></td><td><p><em>93</em></p></td><td><p><em>0.7 </em></p></td><td><p><em>109 </em></p></td><td><p><em>0.8</em></p></td><td><p><em>91 </em></p></td><td><p><em>0.7</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 15/11/2017 13:01:46 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves