Ministry of Defence: Hunting

Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 27 October 2021.

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Photo of Luke Pollard Luke Pollard Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many permissions his Department has given hunts to operate on its land in the last three years.

Photo of Ben Wallace Ben Wallace The Secretary of State for Defence

Permission for hunts to operate on MOD land is via a licence issued to a specific hunt. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has granted the following licenses for trail hunting:

Year 2018-2019: 21 Licences were issued.

Year 2019-2020: 26 Licences were issued.

Year 2020-2021: 18 Licences were issued.

Year 2021-2022: 11 Licences have been issued.

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