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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of swine influenza A viruses in pigs.

Swine influenza is endemic in the UK pig population, generally causing mild disease.

Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) are providing specialist veterinary and scientific support to the UK Health Security Agency incident response.

APHA provides free testing for swine influenza in pigs to detect new and emerging strains.