Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 20 October 2025.
Mary Foy
Labour, City of Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle Asian hornets.
Mary Creagh
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Defra is continuing to follow an eradication strategy against Yellow Legged Hornet (also known as Asian Hornet) to prevent this invasive non-native species from establishing in GB. Contingency action is delivered by the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU). As of 10th October 2025, the NBU have found and destroyed a total of 143 Yellow Legged Hornet nests.
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