Question follow-through · 50749
Horses: Dartmoor
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to support the growth of the Dartmoor pony population.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 7 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 21 May 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to support the growth of the Dartmoor pony population.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2025
Answer published
To help enable growth, Defra supports the conservation of livestock and equines, including the Dartmoor Pony, by monitoring populations of native breeds, with data published in the annual UK National Breed inventory. Defra also protects eligible native br...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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