Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the badger vaccination programme on the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle herds.

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1. 8 June 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the badger vaccination programme on the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle herds.

   Source: Commons

2. 11 June 2026

   Answer

   Multiple published studies indicate that badger vaccination is safe and can reduce TB infection and transmission in badgers. Vaccination is now being deployed across a number of large areas, including through a newly contracted Badger Vaccination Field Fo...

   Source: Written answer

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