HC Deb 18 February 1997 vol 290 c444W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the change in the number of wild boar in England. [15646]

Mr. Clappison

There are no figures available on the numerical trends in wild boar in England. Licences to keep wild boar are issued by local authorities, who maintain central records.

While there have been sporadic sightings of wild boar in the wild, many of these have not been substantiated and there is no confirmed evidence of the animal breeding in the wild.