Avian Influenza
(asked on 12th November 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government how much they have spent on (1) compensation, (2) disinfection of premises, and (3) other costs, associated with avian flu outbreaks at (a) poultry, and (b) game, farms in the 2024–25 season.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Please see costs for the Avian Flu outbreaks in the 2024–25 season (1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025).
Outbreak Year 2024 - 25
| England | Scotland | Wales | Total |
Compensation | £19,368,932.22 | £290,770.66 | £262,798.64 | £19,922,501.52 |
Poultry Culling | £4,468,075 | £88,230 | £156,584 | £4,712,889 |
Transport & Disposal | £1,185,486 | £17,330 | £20,744 | £1,223,560 |
Valuation | £18,480 | £50 | £2,793 | £21,323 |
Carcase Pick-up | £1,486,783 | £24,120 | £0 | £1,510,903 |
Plant & Equipment Hire | £1,220,000 |
|
| £1,220,000 |
APHA Additional Staffing Costs | £1,535,702 |
|
| £1,535,702 |
Total | £29,160,312 | £129,730 | £180,121 | £30,146,879 |
Note:
I. The costs to His Majesty's Government are for England total, as Devolved Governments recharged costs.
II. The figures do not include:
o the split between poultry and game because data is not disaggregated by these categories
o the split between disinfection and other costs because data is not disaggregated by these categories
III. It is possible that some of these costs will change as there may be late submissions of invoices and some data are subject to review and audit.