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National Wildlife Crime Unit: Finance

Asked by Mark PritchardConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 10 September 2024UIN 3689

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase his Department's funding to the National Wildlife Crime Unit.

Answered by Mary Creagh

The National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) helps prevent and detect wildlife crime by obtaining and disseminating intelligence, undertaking analysis which highlights local or national threats and directly assisting law enforcers in their investigations.

Defra supports the valuable work of the NWCU. Defra is providing £424,000 for it in financial year 2024-2025. Budgets for 2025-2026 and beyond have not yet been set.

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