PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Birds of Prey: Licensing (29 November 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the criteria used by Natural England for the granting of licences to kill buzzards were set; and when those criteria were last formally reviewed.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

The criteria Natural England uses for decisions on granting of licences to control buzzards are set out in guidance published on the Government website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/552509/6._Lethal_control_Internal_Guidance_Note_Redacted.pdf

This guidance was formally reviewed following the result of the McMorn Judicial Review ruling and revised guidance was published on 3 May 2016.

Answered by:
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Conservative)
2 December 2016