Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 13457

Butterflies

Tabled: 11 November 2024

Answered: 14 November 2024

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent rends in the level of butterfly numbers, in the context of the results from the recent Big Butterfly Count 2024.

Answer

Mary Creagh

The recently published Butterflies in the United Kingdom and in England: 2023 provides statistics on UK butterfly abundance and includes an assessment of population trends for different groups of species, and habitat type as well as the major drivers of d...

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