Badgers: Animal Welfare and Disease Control

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 15097 on Badgers: Animal Welfare and Disease Control, if she will take steps to record official figures on the number of badger deaths

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1. 28 August 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 15097 on Badgers: Animal Welfare and Disease Control, if she will take steps to record official figures on the number of badger deaths

   Source: Commons

2. 4 September 2026

   Answer

   Wildlife crimes, including badger baiting, are not ‘notifiable’ crimes. This means police forces are not required to report figures on badger baiting to the Home Office and therefore there are no official statistics or identifiable trends relating to this...

   Source: Written answer

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• Vikki Slade · Liberal Democrat · Commons
• · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Answering body
• Stephen Morgan · Labour · Answering member

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