Nature Conservation: Crime
Commons · Question 82755 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Sarah Dyke
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.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 22 Oct 2025
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...