FOI/19/00979 · FOI/EIR · partially withheld
Peatland restoration each year from 2015: EIR release
Information requested
How many acres of peatland in Scotland have been restored each year, from 2015 to present day What percentage of Blanket bog Raised bog Fenland is currently in a conservation status of ‘favorable’ condition? How many statutorily protected areas of peatland out of the total are in, or moving towards a conservation status of ‘favorable’ condition’
Response
As the information you have requested is ‘environmental information’ for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations.
The Scottish Government holds data for your first question and this is laid out in the table below: -
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Restoration (ha) 5570 2810 450 3660 6500 Restoration (Acres) 13764 6944 1112 9044 16062
Our aim is to provide information whenever possible. However, in this instance, the information you have requested on the remaining questions is not held by the Scottish Government. However, you may wish to submit a new request to Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) requesting information on these questions.
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Under the terms of the exception at regulation 10(4)(a) of the EIRs (information not held), the Scottish Government is not required to provide information which it does not have.
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ANNEX REASONS FOR NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION Under the terms of the exception at regulation 10(4)(a) of the EIRs (information not held), the Scottish Government is not required to provide information which it does not have.
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