Royal Artillery Hunt Salisbury Plain Season 2021 to 2022 to date

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Dear Defence and Infrastructure Organisation,
In relation to hunting on Salisbury Plains, for llicensee, The Royal Artillery Hunt, please will you provide, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA):

1. For all dates in the current season (2021 to 2022), details of when the Licensee has contacted the DIO Local Office to inform nil return for mammal kills recording for each fixture, any incident resulting in a wild mammal being killed or disturbance, including the timing of this notification in relation to the incident. December 2021 is of particular relevance.
2. Has the DIO been made aware of any police investigation for this season relating to illegal hunting and if so has the licence been suspended?
3. Has the DIO been made aware of any police involvement relating to the Hunt Support red card holders, for driving offences (including 12th January 2022) or mis-use of a red card (including 28th February 2022)?
4. Has the DIO been made aware by the police of events on December 4th 2021 where 2 deer were chased by uncontrolled hounds, including crossing a public byeway causing a danger to the public?
5. Has the DIO been made aware by the police of the events of November 13th 2021 when Charles Carter (Huntsman) was told by MOD Police to stop hunting and return to their base?
6. Are serving military allowed to use their time off for sport to hunt with the Royal Artillery Hunt or the Wiltshire Infantry Beagles on the Plain, for example on Wednesday afternoons?
7. To comply with the licence what insurance cover does the Royal Artillery Hunt have?
8. What financial contribution or any benefit (e.g. reduced rent) does the Royal Artillery Hunt receive, including the kennels at Bulford?

Yours faithfully,

Concerned member of the public

DIO Sec-Parli (MULTIUSER), Defence Infrastructure Organisation

 

 

Good Afternoon

 

Your request has been logged under our reference 2022/02958 and the target
date for response is 01/04/2022.

 

Yours sincerely

 

DIO Secretariat

DIO Sec-Parli (MULTIUSER), Defence Infrastructure Organisation

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Good Afternoon

Further to your recent request for information, please see enclosed response.

Yours Sincerely

DIO Secretariat