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Hunting

Asked by Damien EganLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 13 November 2025UIN 87932

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has conducted a review of (a) the effectiveness of police enforcement of and (b) the level of compliance with the ban on live hunting under the Hunting Act 2004.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Defra has not undertaken such reviews. The enforcement of the Hunting Act is an operational matter for the police. It is for individual Chief Constables to determine how their resources are deployed and it is for locally elected Police and Crime Commissioners to hold their forces to account.

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