United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 68274
Puffins: Conservation and Ecology
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15 July 2025
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22 July 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the of puffins in the UK; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of puffins on ecology within the UK.
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15 July 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the of puffins in the UK; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of puffins on ecology within the UK.
Source: Commons
22 July 2025
Answer
Defra provides funding through JNCC to the UK-wide Seabird Monitoring Programme (SMP), and the JNCC-led Seabirds Count census which provide UK-wide monitoring for seabirds, including puffins. The results are publicly available and will inform future conse...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-15/68274
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1823634
- uk · wq-1823634 · source updated 22 July 2025