Written questions

Nature Conservation: Crime

Commons · Question 82756 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 22 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Dyke

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of making wildlife crimes notifiable offences; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of doing so on (a) data collection

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 22 Oct 2025

Wildlife crime can have devastating consequences for our natural environments and countryside communities. This Government is committed to reducing crime in rural areas and anyone exploiting or deliberately harming British wildlife should face the full fo...