AQW 22175/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to provide details of (i) the number of reports of dead badgers which have been received through the Badgerline phone number or email; (ii) of those badgers tested, to provide the number that tested positive for bovine Tuberculosis; and (iii) the geographical areas where those badgers were found, for each of the past five years.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 10 September 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 10 September 2021
- Answer due by
- 27 September 2021
- Answered
- 21 September 202111 days after tabling
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The numbers of badgers reported, numbers tested, and the numbers of those tested which were positive, in each of the five years requested, are provided below. These figures are subdivided by year and by Divisional Veterinary Office area. Summary figures have also been provided (Annex A)