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UIN 76228
Seagulls: Urban Areas
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9 September 2025
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17 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of urban gull populations on public (a) health and (b) safety.
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9 September 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of urban gull populations on public (a) health and (b) safety.
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17 September 2025
Answer
The two large gull species frequently seen in urban areas are the lesser black-backed gull and herring gull. There is a long term decline in the breeding population of both, which is most acute in coastal, rural areas. At the same time as this decline, an...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-09/76228
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1833658
- uk · wq-1833658 · source updated 17 September 2025