Beavers: Conservation
(asked on 4th March 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many licences to release beavers they have granted since beavers were classified as a native species in October 2022.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 27th March 2025
This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only.
Since October 2022 Natural England has issued 13 beaver enclosure licences, 1 genetic reinforcement licence, and 1 wild release licence.