Protection of Badgers Act 1992

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many prosecutions have taken place under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 in each year since its introduction. (178598)

The number of defendants proceeded against for offences under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 in England and Wales from 1992 to 2006 is shown in the attached table.

	Proceeded against
1992	62
1993	60
1994	50
1995	48
1996	37
1997	51
1998	25
1999	60
2000	44
2001	48
2002	47
2003	30
2004	34
2005	39
2006	22
Note: These figures are on the principal offence basis.

Volume 471: debated on Friday 1 February 2008