| Heading: |
Hedgehogs: Population |
| Question ID: |
1815431 |
| UIN: |
61729 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
350 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir John Hayes
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Sir John Hayes
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the size of the hedgehog population in each of the last ten years. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1579 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mary Creagh
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| Answering Member handle: |
marycreagh_
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@marycreagh_
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| Answer text: |
As hedgehogs are widespread but scarce, there are practical challenges in estimating their number nationally. In the last 10 years, only one estimate, updated in 2024, has been made which indicated a population size estimate of 597,000 hedgehogs in Englan... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |