Bovine Tuberculosis

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 26 November 2014.

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Photo of Sammy Wilson Sammy Wilson Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Treasury)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse has been of compensating farmers for TB in their herds in each of the last five years.

Photo of George Eustice George Eustice The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The table below shows the cost to the public purse for compensating farmers in England for TB in each of the last five years.

Year

Total TB Compensation costs

Haulage costs

Salvage receipts

Net cost of TB compensation

2009

£30.6m

£1.7m

-£3.4m

£28m

2010

£28.6m

£1.8m

-£4.6m

£25.8m

2011

£30.2m

£2.21m

-£8.9m

£23.5m

2012

£34.1m

£2.27m

-£10.2m

£26.1m

2013

£31.4m

£2.18m

-£8.8m

£24.8m

Defra’s costs are offset by salvage receipts. Therefore, the real cost to Defra is what is paid out in compensation and haulage, less the receipts received back for salvage.

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