Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 63261

Squirrels: Conservation

Tabled: 26 June 2025

Answered: 3 July 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is funding UK-wide research into red squirrel conservation.

Answer

Mary Creagh

The UK Squirrel Accord, to which Defra, Natural England, and the Forestry Commission are signatories, is working to better understand the appropriate strategies for conserving the red squirrel. This work includes identifying, protecting, and strengthening...

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