Question reference: S5W-33495
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 24 November 2020
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Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 10 December 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much public money has been spent in each of the last five years on (a) new deer fencing, (b) repairing existing deer fencing and (c) deer management for woodland establishment at current deer densities.
Answer
The total public spend on fencing and deer management for each of the last five years is presented in the following table.
Financial Year | ||||||
2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | Total | |
New Deer Fencing | £876,265 | £2,175,413 | £4,267,624 | £5,878,802 | £5,712,715 | £18,910,819 |
Deer management at current deer densities | £5,683,211 | £5,801,746 | £6,938,259 | £7,219,054 | £7,905,106 | £33,547,476 |
Expenditure on repairing deer fencing is either accounted for under the cost of new deer fencing or through general maintenance costs.
Deer management costs deliver on a range of objectives and habitat types are not specifically associated with woodland establishment.