Bird lethal control locences issued in West Midlands county.

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Dear Natural England,

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations.
In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my query as specifically as possible.
If however this request is too wide or too unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the act, you are required to advise and assist requesters.
Please supply me with a spreadsheet that contains details of all the lethal control licences in The West Midlands county that have been issued for bird species from 23 March 2014 to the present day of this request. By lethal control I refer to the following licensable activities: Birds to be shot (to reinforce scaring) Destruction, damage to and removal of nests , egg oiling and pricking, Kill, Kill or take, Kill, injure or take, shooting to kill: close season, Shooting to kill: otherwise protected species ,Take or destroy an egg of a wild bird, Take, damage or destroy the nest of any wild bird, Taking of eggs, Trapping .
Please state the geographic location of each licence issued and the number issued and the species of bird and numbers targeted in each licence that Natural England have allowed.

I understand that under the act, I should be entitled to a response
within 20 working days. I would be grateful if you could confirm that you have received
this request. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future via the what do they know website address.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Carroll

SM-NE-FOI (NE), Natural England

Dear Mr Carroll

 

Access to information request – Acknowledgement – Request No RFI 4797

 

Thank you for your request for the information as detailed in your email
below, which we received on 19 September 2019. We are dealing with your
request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

 

Your request is being considered and we will send out our response within
the legal deadline of 20 working days which is 17 October 2019. If, for
any reason, we are unable to meet the deadline we will keep you fully
informed of the reasons for this.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Kate Donovan

Adviser - Access to Information

Legal & Governance Team

 

Natural England

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SM-NE-FOI (NE), Natural England

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Dear Mr Carroll

 

Please find attached our response to your request for information
considered under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

 

Regards

 

Kate Donovan

Adviser - Access to Information

Legal & Governance Team

 

Natural England

Email: [1][Natural England request email]

 

[2]Make a request for information to Natural England

 

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