Hunting Act 2004

(asked on 3rd June 2015) - View Source

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 effectiveness with which the Hunting Act 2004 has been implemented.


Answered by
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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 12th June 2015

The Hunting Act came into force on 18 February 2005. Between 2005 and 2014 (the latest year for which official figures are available), a total of 590 individuals were prosecuted for a range of offences under the Hunting Act. Of these, 378 were found guilty.

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