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