Avian Influenza: Disease Control
(asked on 8th January 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 compensation, disinfection of premises and other costs associated with avian flu outbreaks at poultry and game farms, in each of the last five years.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Figures include (i) compensation claims related to the avian influenza compensation scheme; and (ii) operational costs, which includes culling, disposal, and cleaning and disinfection at infected premises.
2023/24 Total costs of £13.1 million, made up of £2.9 million compensation claims and £10.2million of operational costs
2022/23 Total costs of £84.5 million, made up of £38.3 million compensation claims and £46.2 million of operational costs
2021/22 Total costs of £24.8 million, made up of £6.5 million compensation claims and £18.3 million of operational costs
2020/21 Total costs of £4.5 million, made up of £1.5 million compensation claims and £3.0 million of operational costs
2019/20 Total costs of £0.1 million, made up of £0.1 million in operational costs, there were no compensation claims.