Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to reduce the number of wild boar to protect their habitat.

Defra has no plans to reduce the number of wild boar. The responsibility for carrying out the management of wild boar, as with other wildlife, lies with local communities and individual landowners and managers. The Government and its partner organisations, such as the Deer Initiative, facilitate boar management by providing advice and guidance.