11683 (2026). Celia Wade-Brown to the Minister for Hunting and Fishing
Written Question
Published date: 17 Apr 2026
11683 (2026). Celia Wade-Brown to the Minister for Hunting and Fishing: What advice reports, briefings, aides-memoire, or any other documents, if any, has the Minister or any member of their Office received around a national deer plan or other actions to address the increase in wild deer numbers, listed by agency, title and date received?
Hon James Meager: The list of advice reports, briefings, and aides-memoire that I have received regarding a national deer plan or other actions to address the increase in wild deer numbers is below.
I have included items received since 1 November 2023 and interpreted your question to be for information at a regional or national level and as such not included items about site based operational matters or Herds of Special Interest.
• B25-0659: MPI Feral Browsing Animals Programme Plan - 13/11/2025
• ADVM-28: Feral Browsing Animals Programme - 10/12/2025
• ADVM-37: Wild Animal Management Operational Overview – 17/02/2026
• ADVM-39 - Addressing recommendations in the WARO Problem Statement - 16/03/2026