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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether case trapping is being used in the (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Somerset badger cull.

In line with the badger control licence issued by Natural England and the Best Practice Guidance for contractors, cage trapping and controlled shooting are the two culling methods being used in both Somerset and Gloucestershire during this year's culls.