PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Hen Harriers: Conservation (6 September 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for persecuting a hen harrier in England in each of the last 10 years.
Asked by:
Mr Richard Holden (Conservative)
Asked by:
Mr Richard Holden (Conservative)
Answer
It is not possible to identify from centrally held data the number of prosecutions and convictions for persecuting a hen harrier in England. This particular bird cannot be disaggregated from broader offences under sections 1 and 21 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Answered by:
Lucy Frazer (Conservative)
10 September 2020
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