Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 61542

Badgers

Tabled: 20 June 2025
Answered: 30 June 2025

Question

Dr Caroline Johnson

ConservativeSleaford and North Hykeham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the size of the badger population (a) in June 2025 and (b) in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The first major badger population survey in over a decade began in February 2025 and is currently ongoing. The most recent previous national survey was conducted in England and Wales between 2011 and 2013, estimating the badger population at approximately...

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