Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 68100
Horseflies
Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025
Question
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of (a) trends in the population levels of horseflies in the UK and (b) the impact of these levels on (i) rural communities and (ii) lives
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) does not do any systematic surveillance on horseflies in the UK or the impact they have and is not aware of any organisation that does. Horseflies are mainly considered a biting nuisance rather than a biological v...
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