Squirrels
Commons · Question 53820 · Tabled 21 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of red squirrels in each year between 2022 and 2025.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 2 Jun 2025
The Government has not made an estimate of red squirrel populations between 2022 and 2025. No systematic national survey for the species currently exists, therefore it is not possible to provide annual population estimates. In England the red squirrel pop...