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Written question asked by David Morris (Conservative) on Monday, 12 June 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 15 June 2023 (named day). It was answered by Trudy Harrison (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 July 2023 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Gun Sports: Licensing

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many individual shoot licence applications her Department has received in each of the last (a) six and (b) twelve months.

Answer

During 2022 Natural England received 7 individual Licence applications for the release of gamebirds (common pheasants and/or red-legged partridges) on and/or with 500m of a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) or a Special Protection Area (SPA).

As of 21 June 2023, Natural England has received 84 Individual Licence applications for the release of gamebirds on and/or within 500m of those Sites.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
188908
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Licensing Gun sports
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk