Question follow-through · 87449
Sheep
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the reduction in the sheep population over the last three years on wildfire risk.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 7 Nov 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the reduction in the sheep population over the last three years on wildfire risk.
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Nov 2025
Answer published
Defra has made no assessment of the potential impact of the reduction in the sheep population over the last three years on wildfire risk. The sheep sector is an important component of our rural landscape. The size of the flock changes year to year and she...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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