Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
(asked on 16th June 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 much his Department has spent on badger TB vaccination programmes in each of the last five years.
Defra spend on badger TB vaccination programmes since 2017 is as follows:
Financial year | Amount |
2017/2018 | £4,125 |
2018/2019 | £67,191 |
2019/2020 | £98,760 |
2020/2021 | £181,685 |
2021/2022 | £576,822 |
2022/2023 (up to 20 June 2022) | £10,124 |
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TOTAL | £938,707 |
These numbers do not cover the work to develop and license BadgerBCG. The costs of bovine TB-related badger vaccine work by the Animal and Plant Health Agency and predecessor bodies are accounted for separately by the relevant executive Agencies.