Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 63220
Avian Influenza: Compensation
Tabled: 26 June 2025
Answered: 4 July 2025
Question
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green Party — North Herefordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the detailed criteria his Department uses to calculate avian flu compensation payments for industrial poultry units.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerCompensation paid for birds culled by the Government for disease control purposes is designed to promote prompt reporting of suspicion of disease and is only payable for healthy birds as set out in the Animal Health Act 1981. There is no compensation avai...
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