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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-06-02more like thismore than 2015-06-02
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Game: Birds more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of red grouse in the UK; and what estimate she has made of the value of red grouse shooting to the UK economy. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon remove filter
uin 819 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-06-09more like thismore than 2015-06-09
answer text <p>The British Trust for Ornithology and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds suggest that there are an estimated 230,000 breeding pairs of red grouse in the UK.</p><p>Information on the value of red grouse shooting is not held by the Government. However, according to an industry report (Public &amp; Corporate Economic Consultants report 2014: The Value of Shooting, found at <a href="http://www.shootingfacts.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.shootingfacts.co.uk</a>) shooting is worth £2 billion annually to the rural economy and supports 74,000 jobs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Penrith and The Border more like this
answering member printed Rory Stewart more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-06-09T08:47:31.237Zmore like thismore than 2015-06-09T08:47:31.237Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Rory Stewart more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this