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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will support the proactive reporting of oak processionary moth infestations to neighbouring local authorities.

The annual OPM management programme involves a comprehensive package of surveillance activities, including pheromone trapping and visual ground surveying. At present the data from the surveys is shared on an annual basis. To further support the work of landowners and Local Authorities on OPM, we will shortly be publishing a new OPM hub to help with raising awareness and preparedness, the OPM hub will include an interactive map to help landowners and local authorities track OPM infestations.