Question follow-through · 51849
Butterflies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the level of the butterfly population across the UK.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 May 2025
- Answer
- 20 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the level of the butterfly population across the UK.
15 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 May 2025
Answer published
This Government is committed to restoring and protecting nature, including pollinator species such as butterflies. The most recently published statistics on butterflies in the United Kingdom and in England for 2023 provides information on UK butterfly abu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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