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<p>Bovine TB is one of the greatest animal health threats to the UK and the disease
costs the public over £100million a year, with the cost to the farming industry around
£50m a year. Badger control costs to Government in each of the last five years are
as follows (to the nearest thousand pounds):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</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></tr><tr><td><p>Licensing
and compliance monitoring</p></td><td><p>£1,036,000</p></td><td><p>£1,003,000</p></td><td><p>£1,284,000</p></td><td><p>£1,289,000</p></td><td><p>£1,312,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humaneness
monitoring, including post mortems</p></td><td><p>£1,515,000</p></td><td><p>£154,000</p></td><td><p>£392,000</p></td><td><p>£506,000</p></td><td><p>£352,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Efficacy
monitoring</p></td><td><p>£17,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advice
and assessments</p></td><td><p>£294,000</p></td><td><p>£460,000</p></td><td><p>£646,000</p></td><td><p>£728,000</p></td><td><p>£410,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other
costs, including equipment</p></td><td><p>£205,000</p></td><td><p>£162,000</p></td><td><p>£53,000</p></td><td><p>£49,000</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£3,067,000</p></td><td><p>£1,779,000</p></td><td><p>£2,375,000</p></td><td><p>£2,572,000</p></td><td><p>£2,075,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Badger control policing costs to Government in each of the last five years
are as follows (to the nearest thousand pounds):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</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></tr><tr><td><p>Policing</p></td><td><p>£1,392,000</p></td><td><p>£1,809,000</p></td><td><p>£3,030,000</p></td><td><p>£4,047,000</p></td><td><p>£3,237,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Further information can be found on <a href="http://gov.uk" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>
at the following link: www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-government-badger-control-costs.</p><p>
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