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

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of bovine tuberculosis reducing at the same rate in England and Wales, in the light of the absence of badger culling in Wales.

Defra publishes official national statistics on tuberculosis in cattle in Great Britain on a quarterly basis. The latest quarterly release of these national statistics was published on 14 June and contained data up to the end of March 2023. This is publicly available at GOV.UK. The releases do not include a direct comparison between the rates of change in England and Wales as TB control is a devolved policy. Defra regularly meets with colleagues responsible for TB control in Wales. These discussions include reviewing disease information and the sharing of experiences with respect to the different and multiple policy interventions deployed in the fight against this endemic disease.