Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 3 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many species licenses were issued by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) in 2018, broken down by species, and how much it cost SNH to carry out this exercise.
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) issued 2,890 species licences in 2018. It cost SNH around £450,000 to administer the licence scheme, which covers the cost of the service, support and management, including full staff costs.
A copy of the table providing a breakdown of the licences issued by species has been placed in SPICe (Bib number 60594)
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