Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of poisoning of wild animals on grouse moors with (a) carofuran and (b) other substances for which this use is not permitted.
The Health and Safety Executive publishes statistics of reported pesticide incidents involving wildlife under the Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme (WIIS). Maps of birds of prey poisoning in England and Wales were last published in 2013. The UK National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) gathers intelligence on crimes against wildlife. Prosecution statistics do not identify either the nature of the defendant’s profession, the nature of the habitat or the specific species concerned.