Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 76473

African Swine Fever

Tabled: 10 September 2025

Answered: 8 October 2025

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal Democrat — Taunton and Wellington

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic impact of an outbreak of African swine fever on the (a) pig industry and (b) related exports.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

An outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) could have a significant impact on the UK’s £8 billion pig industry, as well as its annual pork and pork product exports worth £600 million. Exact costs to industry and on trade would be determined by a number of f...

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