Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 96127
Avian Influenza
Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many confirmed cases of avian flu has there been in the last 12 months.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleBetween 5 December 2024 and 4 December 2025, there were 143 confirmed cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in poultry or other captive birds in the UK.