To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the total cost of policing related to the badger cull pilots to date.

This Department has made no estimate of the total cost of policing relating to the badger cull pilots to date. However, the relevant police forces estimate that the costs for the original six week cull are likely to be in the region of £1.6 million.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has agreed to cover any additional costs incurred by the relevant police forces.