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Written question asked by Steve Double (Conservative) on Thursday, 10 June 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 June 2021. It was answered by Rebecca Pow (Conservative) on Friday, 18 June 2021 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Cetaceans: Animal Welfare

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent preventing and tackling UK cetacean strandings in each year since 2015.

Answer

Since 2015, we have spent over £3.7 million on work to better understand and mitigate threats to cetaceans to help to reduce the likelihood of strandings taking place.

Over £1.4 million of which is funding for the Cetacean Stranding Investigation Programme, which aims to improve our understanding of, and ability to tackle, key threats to cetaceans. This programme coordinates the response to cetacean strandings in the UK and, where it has not been possible to return the animal to the sea, it provides an assessment to determine the cause of death. We have recently let a 10-year contract to continue this important work.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
13992
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Animal welfare Cetaceans Expenditure
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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