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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) dogs, (b) cats, (c) badgers, (d) deer, (e) foxes, (f) hedgehogs, (g) rabbits and (h) squirrels killed as a result of road traffic accidents in the last year for which figures are...

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Transport

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Written questions

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Answered

Date

13 September 2004

Reference

424 c1387-8W;424 c1395-6W; 188381

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House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated population was of (a) voles and (b) hedgehogs in Great Britain in 1990; and what the current estimate of the population is. - Inc table.

Asked by

Owen Paterson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

26 February 2004

For answer on

17 March 2004

Answered on

17 March 2004

Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the estimated population was of (a) voles and (b) hedgehogs in Great Britain in 1990; and what the current estimate of the population is. [158010] Mr. Bradshaw: Very few data are available on national populations of many mammal species, including voles and hedgehogs. Perhaps the best recent estimates are those made in a publication by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee in 19951. At that time they made the following estimates: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Species GB population estimate Reliability of estimate Changing status Field vole 75,000,000 Low Possible decline Bank vole 23,000,000 Within 50 per cent. Probably stable Hedgehog 1,555,000 Low Possible decline _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Since that time, no further national population estimates have been published for these species. The Tracking Mammals Partnership has now been set up to instigate long-term monitoring of all mammal species, but this will focus on detecting trends rather than estimating absolute abundance (www.jncc.gov.uk/ species/mammals/trackingmammals). 1 A review of British mammals: Population estimates and conservation status of British mammals other than cetaceans by Stephen Harris, Pat Morris, Stephanie Wray and Derek Yalden (1995) JNCC, Peterborough (ISBN 1573701683).

Date

17 March 2004

Reference

419 c285-6W;419 c287-8W; 158010

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what deleterious effects on wildlife arising from the current badger population level have been recorded by her Department and other UK public bodies.

Asked by

Owen Paterson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 December 2003

Reference

141992; 415 c539W

House

House of Commons

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