Hen Harriers: Conservation

(asked on 6th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

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.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 10th September 2020

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.

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