To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of badgers
that will be killed in (1) Oxfordshire, and (2) England, in 2024 as part of the bovine
tuberculosis control programme.
<p>No estimate has been made on the number of badgers to be removed in Oxfordshire
and England in 2024, as part of our bovine tuberculosis eradication strategy. The
minimum and maximum numbers for each licensed cull area will be published in due course.</p>
<p>There is no specific target number for badger vaccination in 2024. In 2023, just
over 3,000 badgers were vaccinated in England. This was the highest annual number
vaccinated since the vaccine was authorised in 2010. Whilst we expect numbers to increase
this year, the absolute number vaccinated will depend on which areas are targeted
and factors such as weather and annual changes in badger populations.</p>
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Retained EU Law Parliamentary Report
for the period June 2023–December 2023, published on 22 January, what is the departmental
breakdown for the following categories set out in Table 2 ('HMG roadmap for the stock
of REUL'): (1) 'Propose to revoke in 2024', (2) 'Propose to revoke in 2025–26', (3)
'Propose to reform in 2024', and (4) 'Propose to reform in 2025–26'.
<p>To meet our obligations under Section 17 of the Retained EU Law Revocation and
Reform (REUL) Act, the first REUL report included a comprehensive list of REUL which
has been reformed and revoked and detailed our plans for forthcoming reform SIs. In
addition, and to provide Parliament with further insight, the report provided an indication
of Government's future roadmap for REUL reform for the whole period to June 2026,
informed by reporting from government departments to the Department for Business and
Trade (i.e Table 2). In many cases the reforms in the roadmap for future years, are
still under development and so the full details of these reforms have not been included
in this first report. As details of future reforms are finalised, the Government will
provide updates every 6 months via future reports alongside updating the REUL dashboard.</p>