Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

(asked on 10th June 2026) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in areas where badger culls have been undertaken.


Answered by
Stephen Morgan Portrait
Stephen Morgan
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 17th June 2026

The Animal and Plant Health Agency publish annual TB monitoring data for each badger control area licensed from 2013. The latest report, published in September 2025 is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-in-cattle-badger-control-areas-monitoring-data-up-to-2024.

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