§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the cost to date of his Department's attempts to trap two wild boars at Catterick barracks, Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HanleyIn April 1993, some 30 boars escaped from a farm at Easby near Richmond in north Yorkshire. With a view to preventing damage to MOD property, my Department has been liaising with the local authority in an attempt to capture the boars. All but two have now been recaptured.
The cost so far to my Department has been around £3,500; covering the cost of repairs to sports fields, use of equipment and the land warden's time. It is our intention to claim this from the farmer's insurance company in due course.