Question follow-through · 82755
Nature Conservation: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that all police forces have access to adequate (a) training and (b) resources to (i) identity, (ii) record and (iii) investigate wildlife crime.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that all police forces have access to adequate (a) training and (b) resources to (i) identity, (ii) record and (iii) investigate wildlife crime.
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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22 Oct 2025
Answer published
Defra is a principal funder of the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU). In 2025/26, it is providing £424,000 to the Unit. The NWCU helps prevent and detect wildlife crime by obtaining and disseminating intelligence, undertaking analysis which highlights l...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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