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Written Question
Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
Thursday 3rd November 2016

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Government has paid from the public purse in compensation to farmers for animals culled in efforts to control bovine tuberculosis since 1998.

Answered by George Eustice

Net government compensation paid to farmers for animals culled in efforts to control bovine tuberculosis in England since 1998 is as follows. Net figures take account of any carcass salvage income received by government:

  • 1998/1999 - £0.2m
  • 1999/2000 - £4.3m
  • 2000/2001 - £5.2m
  • 2001/2002 - £5.9m
  • 2002/2003 - £23.2m
  • 2003/2004 - £25.1m
  • 2004/2005 - £25.2m
  • 2005/2006 - £30.9m
  • 2006/2007 - £13.2m
  • 2007/2008 - £16.1m
  • 2008/2009 - £28.4m
  • 2009/2010 - £28.1m
  • 2010/2011 – £24.3m
  • 2011/2012 – £23.5m
  • 2012/2013 – £23.9m
  • 2013/2014 – £22.6m
  • 2014/2015 – £20.9m
  • 2015/2016 – £20.9m


Written Question
Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
Monday 31st October 2016

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Government has paid in compensation to farmers for animals culled in efforts to control bovine tuberculosis since 2010.

Answered by George Eustice

The net compensation expenditure paid to farmers for animals culled in efforts to control bovine tuberculosis since 2010 is as follows:

  • 2010/11 – £24.3m

  • 2011/12 – £23.5m

  • 2012/13 – £23.9m

  • 2013/14 – £22.6m

  • 2014/15 – £20.9m

  • 2015/16 – £20.9m


Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Jul 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Government have guaranteed an electricity price of about three times the wholesale price to EDF so that it will build a nuclear white elephant at Hinkley Point C. How on earth will that help consumers—businesses or households—to reduce their energy bills?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Jul 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Has the Department made available up-to-date data on the effect of the temporary neonicotinoid ban on both agricultural production and the health of bees, especially honey bees? If not, when will that data be available?..."
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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Thursday 21st April 2016

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West of 24 February 2016 on Game Farming in the UK, case reference ZA3022.

Answered by George Eustice

The letter from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West of 24 February 2016 on Game Farming in the UK was replied to on 18 April 2016.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Mar 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Could the Government look at the problem of the number of wretched plastic-lined paper takeaway coffee cups, the overwhelming majority of which never get recycled because of the difficulties of ripping out the plastic lining? It is a huge problem...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 07 Dec 2015
Neonicotinoids on Crops

"As a former vice-chair of the all-party group on honey bees, I welcome this debate but I caution my hon. Friend that it is difficult for farmers and those of us who are not scientists. On 26 August, the European Food Safety Agency put out a press release stating that …..."
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