Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pairs of hen harriers nested in the Bowland Fells and North Pennine Moors special protection areas for birds in each of the last five years.
The number of pairs of hen harriers that nested in the Bowland Fells and North Pennine Moors special protection areas (SPAs) are set out below:
| Bowland Fells SPA | North Pennine Moors SPA |
2012 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | 0 | 2 |
2014 | 2 | 0 |
2015 | 1 | 1 |
2016 | 0 | 1 |