Written question asked by Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 October 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 21 October 2011. It was answered by Lord Benyon (Conservative) on Wednesday, 26 October 2011 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Cormorants
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications there have been to kill cormorants in each of the last five years; and how many were granted in each such year.
- Answer
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Wildlife licensing is a devolved matter and applications for licences in England are made to Natural England. The following table shows the number of applications to kill cormorants received by Natural England in the last five years and how many licences to kill cormorants were granted in each year.
Number of applications received Number of licences issued 2006 401 322 2007 336 307 2008 386 357 2009 438 416 2010 471 421
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 76255; 534 c243W
- Session
- 2010-12
- Subjects
- Pest control Cormorants
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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