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£64.3 million in estimated public health savings
Estimated public health savings to NHS and council budgets
“We have valued the public health savings from avoided NHS and local authority budgets at £64.3 million.”
The natural capital benefits of shooting, page 4
Where the figure comes from
A BASC report on the natural capital benefits of shooting puts a value on costs that the NHS and local authorities avoid. The report breaks the £64.3 million down as follows:
Breakdown
- £20 million from physical health benefits for people involved in shooting.
- £6.7 million from mental health benefits for people involved in shooting.
- £37.6 million from air pollutants removed by woodland created by and managed for shooting. The report describes this as a benefit to everyone’s health.
Limits of the figure
- This is a modelled valuation, not money saved and counted. The report used expert opinion to set how much of each benefit to attribute to shooting (page 5).
- It forms part of the report’s estimate that shooting’s natural capital benefits are worth more than £1.1 billion a year in 2023 prices (page 3).
- The report was produced by BASC, a shooting organisation.
- This figure does not come from the Value of Shooting survey.
Source
The natural capital benefits of shooting. Published by BASC, with eftec and Strutt & Parker’s research team. Values in 2023 prices. No publication date is given in the report. Pages 3 to 5.
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