Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 101014

Eels: Conservation

Tabled: 17 December 2025

Answered: 6 January 2026

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Question

Sarah Dyke

Liberal Democrat — Glastonbury and Somerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83877 on Eels: Conservation, what research and development projects her Department are supporting through the allocated £350,000 t

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

This is a devolved matter and therefore the response relates to England only. Defra’s funding will support three eel management and conservation projects for delivery in 2026: Developing silver eel escapement models to better estimate how many eels migrat...

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