Question reference: S6W-06067
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 2 February 2022
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Current status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 25 February 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the annual deer cull returns for (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.
Answer
NatureScot, in their role as Scotland’s deer authority, gather and publish data on annual deer cull returns.
Formal cull return requests are now being issued for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. The requests were delayed due to difficulties in sending out cull return requests as a result of Covid-19 measures. Once those completed returns have been received annual deer cull returns will then be published.
As the 2021-22 season is ongoing, cull return requests for this year have not yet been issued.