PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Nature Conservation: Crime (30 November 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will publish annual reports on recorded wildlife crimes and related court proceedings and penalties.
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Answer
The Office for National Statistics publishes police-recorded crime statistics, including statistics on wildlife crimes.
The Ministry of Justice publishes annual criminal justice statistics as part of Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly, which includes information on those proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. The offence group classifications provides a list of offences separately broken down, which would include some separately identifiable wildlife crime groups.
Answered by:
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Conservative)
6 December 2017
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