{"value":{"id":1756576,"askingMemberId":4439,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-17T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-21T00:00:00","uin":"24656","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on developing a licensing regime to enable the wild release of beavers.","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1579,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-27T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>Defra will continue to work with Natural England to develop our approach to beaver reintroductions and management in England. This work includes the development of a licensing regime to enable the wild release of beavers in England.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on this will be published in due course.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Beavers: Conservation","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1756576","method":"GET"}]}