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1732510

registered interest
date	08/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to prevent trail hunting on land (a) owned and (b) managed by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Cheadle
tabling member printed	Tom Morrison
uin	7934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation, including the banning of trail hunting. Licenses to trail hunt on Ministry of Defence (MOD) land are currently under Ministerial review. To date, no licenses to trail hunt on MOD land have been granted for the 2024-25 hunting season, pending Ministerial review.</p> answering member constituency Liverpool Garston answering member printed Maria Eagle question first answered 21/10/2024 16:10:19 answering member 483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
tabling member	5090

1733719

registered interest
date	08/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to prevent trail hunting on land owned or managed by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Newport West and Islwyn
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	900605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department is currently reviewing its position on trail hunting that takes place on the Defence Estate. I would like to stress that no licences to trail hunt on Ministry of Defence land have been granted for the 2024-25 hunting season, whilst I work with colleagues across Government to ensure any decision is understanding of rural communities, and animal welfare.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard question first answered 14/10/2024 16:20:09 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1730206

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to prevent trail hunting on land (a) owned and (b) managed by his Department.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset and Hanham
tabling member printed	Dan Norris
uin	5847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation, including the banning of trail hunting. Licenses to trail hunt on Ministry of Defence (MOD) land are currently under Ministerial review. To date, no licenses to trail hunt on MOD land have been granted for the 2024-25 hunting season, pending Ministerial review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard question first answered 15/10/2024 09:59:20 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
tabling member	221 label Biography information for Dan Norris

1730920

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to issue any licences for fox trail hunting on Ministry of Defence land.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Shaun Davies
uin	6696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation, including the banning of trail hunting. Licenses to trail hunt on Ministry of Defence (MOD) land are currently under Ministerial review. To date, no licenses to trail hunt on MOD land have been granted for the 2024-25 hunting season, pending Ministerial review.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD is in discussion with other Government Departments on this policy and we hope to provide an update on progress shortly.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard question first answered 15/10/2024 15:24:38 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
tabling member	5041

1731376

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many child play areas there are across the defence estate; and what the annual cost is of their upkeep.
tabling member constituency	Aldershot
tabling member printed	Alex Baker
uin	7038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2024 answer text <p>There are 618 play areas across the defence estate. It is not possible to break down the annual cost of their upkeep as their maintenance forms part of the wider Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) contracts and it is not possible to isolate these specific costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard question first answered 09/10/2024 16:53:20 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
tabling member	5173

1728030

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will prohibit trail hunting across the Defence estate.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
uin	4778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>No licences have yet been issued for trail hunting on the Ministry of Defence Estate for the 2024–2025 season.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Liverpool Garston answering member printed Maria Eagle question first answered 16/09/2024 13:06:27 answering member 483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
tabling member	5030

1726335

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will take steps to end the granting of licenses for hunting on its land.
tabling member constituency	Lewes
tabling member printed	James MacCleary
uin	3587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>No licences have yet been issued for trail hunting on the Ministry of Defence Estate for the 2024–2025 season.</p> answering member constituency Liverpool Garston answering member printed Maria Eagle question first answered 17/09/2024 10:09:21 answering member 483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
tabling member	5265

1726361

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many licences have been issued for trail hunting on his Department's land in 2024-2025; and whether he plans to revoke any of these licences.
tabling member constituency	South Devon
tabling member printed	Caroline Voaden
uin	3545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>No licences have yet been issued for trail hunting on the Ministry of Defence Estate for the 2024–2025 season.</p> answering member constituency Liverpool Garston answering member printed Maria Eagle question first answered 17/09/2024 10:08:56 answering member 483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
tabling member	5216

1713045

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the Defence Estate Optimisation programme.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	23104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Information on performance of defence programmes in the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) is published each year alongside the Infrastructure and Projects Authority annual report. Programme performance information as at 31 March 2024 is expected to be released in July 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 22882 22883 22884 23105 23106 23107 23111 23113 23114 23115 23116 23117 23118 23119 23120 23121 23122 23123 23393 23394 23395 23396 23397 23398 23399 23400 23401 23402 question first answered 30/04/2024 11:46:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1676999

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many licenses his Department has issued to allow trail hunts on the Defence estate in the 2023-24 hunting season; and how many hunts these licenses relate to.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	6157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>To date Ministry of Defence (MOD) has issued 23 licences for the 2023- 24 trail hunting season.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name of Hunt</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fixtures taken place </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 14</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 16</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence 17</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licences 18-23</p></td><td><p>0 – Have not held any fixtures</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>No legal advice has been sought on the legality or potential risk of illegal activity due to the issue of trail hunting licenses. The MOD only issues licenses for drag and trail hunting, which are exempt activities under the Hunting Act 2004.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 6158 question first answered 14/12/2023 13:52:41 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish