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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to provide hon. Members with (a) the location of and (b) information and guidance on proposed badger culls in their constituencies.

Hon. Members are informed if new culls are taking place in their constituencies.

Information on the location of proposed badger culls at county level is publicly available through the Opportunity to Comment exercise that Natural England undertakes in counties where licence applications or expressions of interest have been received. Public notices are placed in the local press, on GOV.UK and sent to local and county councils. A summary of responses is also published on GOV.UK.