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1581674

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the report by the Animal and Plant Health Agency Year End Descriptive Epidemiology Report: Bovine TV in the Edge Area of England 2021, County: Hampshire, published on 7 October 2022 and updated on 28 November 2022, and (2) the implications for their policy on the timing of the badger cull in Hampshire; and what steps they will take to end the badger cull in that county as a result of the findings in that report that "badgers only accounted for 11 per cent of weighted risk pathways".
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL5215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to achieving official freedom from Bovine TB for England by 2038 and intensive badger culling in areas where badgers are an important factor in spreading disease to cattle has been an important part of this. The badger cull has led to a significant reduction of bTB in cattle herds, with research showing a 66% and 37% reduction of new herd breakdowns in the first two cull areas.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has published analysis by APHA on where in Edge Area counties, such as Hampshire, there is considered to be a local reservoir of infection. This analysis includes data from previous badger found dead surveys alongside information on cattle breakdowns and other sources: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbovine-tb-local-reservoirs-of-mycobacterium-bovis-infection-in-the-edge-area-of-england&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ccomms.tb%40defra.gov.uk%7C270830e615d64e21be7308dae4d0abce%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638073882129977928%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=7YKqgsurqcB4bkEnLrl85PsK8BcYWd2IxEx%2BjG%2FwPK8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Bovine TB: local reservoirs of Mycobacterium bovis infection in the Edge Area of England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Badger culls are licensed by the licensing authority Natural England (NE) who take local reservoirs into account. NE licensed the final intensive cull areas last year, and Government is gradually building government-supported badger vaccination and surveillance. Badger culling would remain an option where epidemiological assessment indicates that it is needed.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 13/02/2023 16:02:01 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon attachment 1 file name tb-local-reservoirs-mycobacterium-bovis-edge-area.pdf title Bovine TB: local reservoirs...
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1551156

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to help eradicate bovine tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Harriett Baldwin
	uin	109547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>Defra is driving forward an ambitious strategy to eradicate bovine TB in England which includes a range of evidence-led interventions to tackle the disease in both cattle and wildlife.</p><p>Our comprehensive strategy includes strengthening cattle testing and movement controls, introducing new help for herd owners to improve biosecurity measures on farms and to help manage down the risk of bringing the disease into their herds and supporting the deployment of badger vaccination.</p><p>Developing new and better tools is an important part of our programme of work. We continue to fund major research, including on cattle vaccination and improved diagnostics. That funding has already resulted in a major breakthrough by APHA in developing a test that can differentiate TB-infected among vaccinated cattle (a DIVA test). World-leading BCG vaccination trials in cattle began in England and Wales in June 2021. Our aim is to have a deployable TB vaccine for cattle within the next 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 18/01/2023 11:57:24 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin

1550648

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policy on the timing of the badger cull in Hampshire of the report by the Animal and Plant Health Agency entitled Year End Descriptive Epidemiology Report: Bovine TB in the Edge Area of England 2021 County: Hampshire; and if she will take steps to end the badger cull in Hampshire before 2024.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	108283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to achieving official freedom from Bovine TB for England by 2038 and intensive badger culling in areas where badgers are an important factor in spreading disease to cattle has been an important part of this</p><p><br>We licenced the intensive cull areas this year, and plan to gradually build government-supported badger vaccination and surveillance. Badger culling would remain an option where epidemiological assessment indicates that it is needed.</p><p>The descriptive epidemiology report for each county in the Edge Area is published annually, and available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 18/01/2023 11:46:40 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1550716

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the paper published in The Veterinary Record in March 2022 entitled analysis of the impact of badger culling on bovine tuberculosis in cattle in the high-risk area of England, 2009–2020, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of that paper's findings; and if she will make it her policy to prevent industry-led badger culling.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	108427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Christine Middlemiss, and Defra's Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Gideon Henderson, have made clear their views on the paper referenced in their letter to the Veterinary Record of 18 March and in the correction published on 21 May, which had no impact on their original conclusions.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 25/01/2023 13:47:37 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1520880

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total cost to the taxpayer of controlling bovine tuberculosis since 2012; and what analysis they have made of these costs.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL2483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>Defra’s net expenditure on bovine tuberculosis (bTB) eradication in England since 2012 is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>For the financial year 2016/17, the lower figure shown is mainly due to a difference in the handling of salvage income rather than any cut in TB control expenditure in real terms.</p><p> </p><p>For the financial years after 2016/17 the figures do not include the substantial, but separately costed, expenditure made by the Animal and Plant Health Agency and its predecessor bodies, which are accounted for separately by the relevant executive Agencies. That includes expenditure on contracted out TB testing as well as the work of the Agency’s various veterinary, scientific, and administrative teams and associated operating and overhead costs. We estimate that the total costs to the taxpayer for bovine TB-related work in England have remained at around £100 million a year for each of the last 10 financial years.</p><p> </p><p>Defra’s bTB eradication strategy is working. A sustained <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fincidence-of-tuberculosis-tb-in-cattle-in-great-britain&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Ce0da6fda445b466f081908dab833363d%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638024827337338851%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=U1FdbcqdJAD4zNnc2xXiq7SwQCNXqI1nbGw90JvzVrY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">downward trajectory in disease</a> is being seen in areas of England at highest risk of bTB (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/incidence-of-tuberculosis-tb-in-cattle-in-great-britain).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£96,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£101,781,004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£92,944,731</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>£90,396,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>£19,324,857</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>£36,192,349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>£37,625,125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>£36,939,089</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>£31,635,562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>£34,261,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>£577,100,337</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 28/10/2022 08:09:33 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1520881

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government under what conditions badger culls would be extended beyond 2025; and what evidence would be required before a decision on extension is made.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL2484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Controlling TB in wildlife reservoirs, specifically badgers, makes up part of the package of measures of Defra's bovine TB eradication strategy, with the aim of achieving Officially TB Free status for England by 2038.</p><p>As part of the next phase of the strategy, HM Government will now evolve its approach and gradually move on from intensive badger culling over the next few years. Localised badger culling will remain an option where epidemiological assessment indicates that it is needed. The detailed proposal for epidemiologically led culling is currently under development.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 24/10/2022 12:22:42 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1520166

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total cost of the badger cull in England in each year since 2012, including (1) costs to government departments, (2) costs to farmers, and (3) policing costs.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL2427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>Badger cull operation costs incurred by HM Government are published annually on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbovine-tb-government-badger-control-costs&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C518a382046104f40155208dab832b40f%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638024825154834174%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3F%2BI%2FhJcEyphJ383BOArxXYsU3Iy0l6OMFTTYCfS8sU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-government-badger-control-costs</a>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Badger control costs</p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government costs (excl. police)</p></td><td><p>£6.3m</p></td><td><p>£3.1m</p></td><td><p>£1.8m</p></td><td><p>£2.4m</p></td><td><p>£2.6m</p></td><td><p>£2.1m</p></td><td><p>£2.2m</p></td><td><p>£2.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Policing costs</p></td><td><p>£3.5m</p></td><td><p>£1.4m</p></td><td><p>£1.8m</p></td><td><p>£3m</p></td><td><p>£4m</p></td><td><p>£3.2m</p></td><td><p>£3.66m</p></td><td><p>£4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£9.8m</p></td><td><p>£4.5m</p></td><td><p>£3.6m</p></td><td><p>£5.4m</p></td><td><p>£6.6m</p></td><td><p>£5.3m</p></td><td><p>£5.86m</p></td><td><p>£6.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of areas</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total costs per area</p></td><td><p>£4.9m</p></td><td><p>£2.3m</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.5m</p></td><td><p>£0.3m</p></td><td><p>£0.17m</p></td><td><p>£0.14m</p></td><td><p>£0.14m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Badger cull operations did not take place in 2012, therefore no costs were incurred that year.</p><p> </p><p>Badger cull operations are an industry-led initiative, therefore the costs to industry are not published or known by HM Government.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government costs for 2021 will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>To put the badger cull operational costs into perspective, below are the annual compensation costs for cattle culled to control spread of bovine TB during the same period.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Cattle compensation costs</p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£31.4m</p></td><td><p>£30.5m</p></td><td><p>£29.9m</p></td><td><p>£27m</p></td><td><p>£37m</p></td><td><p>£35.3m</p></td><td><p>£32.2m</p></td><td><p>£30.8m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 27/10/2022 16:14:07 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1506863

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he and his Department is taking steps to deliver a strategy for the reduction of Bovine TB in wildlife, including publishing details on (a) epidemiologically-led culling and (b) Government-funded badger vaccination.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	51544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2022 answer text <p>Controlling bovine TB in wildlife, specifically badgers, makes up part of the package of measures of our bovine TB eradication strategy, with the aim of achieving Officially TB Free status for England by 2038[1].</p><p> </p><p>As part of the next phase of the strategy HM Government will now evolve its approach and gradually move on from intensive badger culling over the next few years. Badger culling would remain an option where epidemiological assessment indicates that it is needed. The proposal for epidemiologically led culling is currently under development.</p><p> </p><p>Details of HM Government funded badger vaccination, together with data on the number of badgers vaccinated, is published on GOV.UK[2][3][4][5].</p><p> </p><p>_</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-strategy-for-achieving-officially-bovine-tuberculosis-free-status-for-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-strategy-for-achieving-officially-bovine-tuberculosis-free-status-for-england</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bovine-tb-controlling-the-risk-of-bovine-tb-from-badgers#badger-vaccination" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bovine-tb-controlling-the-risk-of-bovine-tb-from-badgers#badger-vaccination</a></p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2019/summary-of-badger-vaccination-in-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2019/summary-of-badger-vaccination-in-2019</a></p><p>[4] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2020/summary-of-badger-vaccination-in-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2020/summary-of-badger-vaccination-in-2020</a></p><p>[5] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2021/summary-of-badger-vaccination-in-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2021/summary-of-badger-vaccination-in-2020</a></p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Scott Mann grouped question UIN 51545 question first answered 03/10/2022 11:11:41 answering member 4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1506864

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is planning to take steps to deliver a strategy to eradicate Bovine TB from wildlife, including providing data on (a) epidemiologically-led culling and (b) Government-funded badger vaccination.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	51545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2022 answer text <p>Controlling bovine TB in wildlife, specifically badgers, makes up part of the package of measures of our bovine TB eradication strategy, with the aim of achieving Officially TB Free status for England by 2038[1].</p><p> </p><p>As part of the next phase of the strategy HM Government will now evolve its approach and gradually move on from intensive badger culling over the next few years. Badger culling would remain an option where epidemiological assessment indicates that it is needed. The proposal for epidemiologically led culling is currently under development.</p><p> </p><p>Details of HM Government funded badger vaccination, together with data on the number of badgers vaccinated, is published on GOV.UK[2][3][4][5].</p><p> </p><p>_</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-strategy-for-achieving-officially-bovine-tuberculosis-free-status-for-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-strategy-for-achieving-officially-bovine-tuberculosis-free-status-for-england</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bovine-tb-controlling-the-risk-of-bovine-tb-from-badgers#badger-vaccination" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bovine-tb-controlling-the-risk-of-bovine-tb-from-badgers#badger-vaccination</a></p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2019/summary-of-badger-vaccination-in-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2019/summary-of-badger-vaccination-in-2019</a></p><p>[4] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2020/summary-of-badger-vaccination-in-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2020/summary-of-badger-vaccination-in-2020</a></p><p>[5] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2021/summary-of-badger-vaccination-in-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2021/summary-of-badger-vaccination-in-2020</a></p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Scott Mann grouped question UIN 51544 question first answered 03/10/2022 11:11:41 answering member 4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1487329

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of cattle that were slaughtered for the purpose of eradicating bovine tuberculosis in each financial year since 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	32502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The number of cattle slaughtered for bovine tuberculosis control purposes is published on gov.uk and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bovine-tb" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bovine-tb</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of cattle slaughtered in England from the 2019/2020 financial year onwards is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cattle slaughtered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>30,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>28,397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>26,448</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double question first answered 15/07/2022 13:33:21 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski