Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 14 July 2011.
Zac Goldsmith
Conservative, Richmond Park
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate her Department has made of the cost of (a) purchase of equipment, (b) transport, (c) staff training, (d) employment and salary and (e) activities associated with a large-scale badger cull in England in each year of the project.
James Paice
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Under the proposals set out in our public consultation on bovine tuberculosis: the Government's approach to tackling the disease and consultation on a badger control policy, we would expect the farming industry to bear the direct costs of badger control. Government would fund licensing and monitoring.
An impact assessment setting out the various estimated costs was included as part of the consultation and can be found at:
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