Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 63221
Disease Control: Compensation
Tabled: 26 June 2025
Answered: 3 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 make future disease outbreak compensation payments conditional on (a) evidence of private insurance in place and (b) demonstrable compliance with specified biosecurity stand
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerCompensation is paid by Defra for animals culled by the Government for disease control purposes, as set out in the Animal Health Act 1981. In addition to the financial support offered to producers directly affected by outbreaks through compensation, produ...
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