Question follow-through · 109587
Nature Conservation: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of existing penalties on preventing cruelty against wildlife.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of existing penalties on preventing cruelty against wildlife.
5 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
There are currently no plans to make wildlife crimes notifiable (which would result in them being included in the national crime statistics).Any non-notifiable wildlife crime reported to the police can still be investigated where appropriate, as Chief Con...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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