Non-Food Environmental Grazing Animals

Mr. Gale
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of environmental grazing (a) cattle and (b) sheep used for land maintenance rather than for food production purposes in England.

Barry Gardiner
[holding answer 17 May 2007]: Data are not collected on the number of cattle and sheep used for environmental grazing rather than food production. However, many animals used for food production will also help maintain or enhance the environment.