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(asked on 22nd February 2022) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badger culling licences his Department has issued since the announcement by the Government of the phased end of culling in May 2021.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 25th February 2022

All badger culling operations are licenced by Natural England. In June 2021 11 new supplementary badger culling licences were issued by Natural England. Details can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-authorisation-for-supplementary-badger-control-in-2021.

In September 2021 seven new intensive badger culling licences were issued by Natural England. Details can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-authorisation-for-badger-control-in-2021.

No new intensive badger culling licences will be issued after 2022. Supplementary badger culling licences will be restricted to a maximum of two years. Culling will remain an option, and be licensed by Natural England, where epidemiological assessment indicates that it is needed.

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