§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate she has of the number of pheasants(a) reared and (b) shot each year for (i) agricultural and (ii) sporting purposes since 1994; [7253]
(2) what percentage of pheasants released in each year from 1994 to date have been exported; [7254]
35W(3) what estimate she has made of the number of pheasants released each year; of those, what estimate she has of those (i) shot but not captured and (ii) shot and captured; and in respect of the latter category, how many of these are (a) discarded and (b) eaten; [7252]
(4)how many people she estimates are employed in connection with pheasant-rearing and shooting; and what the estimated animal income of this sector is. [7256]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 15 October 2001]: The Government do not hold such statistics.