Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 103142

Deer

Tabled: 5 January 2026

Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Cameron Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department made of the potential impact of deer populations on rural environments.

Answer

Mary Creagh

Defra supports survey programmes that assess the ecological condition of woodlands in England. This includes the National Forest Inventory woodland ecological condition assessment, which indicated in 2020 that 40% of woodland habitat in unfavourable condi...

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