Bovine TB

27 June 2022

Dear

ATISN 16374  - Bovine TB Eradication plan

Thank you for your request which I received on 10 June 2022.  You asked for:

1. How many farms have been issued licences to kill badgers in 2022?
2. For each of these farms, how many years is it expected that badger interventions will continue?
3. Please supply copies of the farm action plans for each of the farms where badger interventions are continuing.

Our response

The information you requested is enclosed.

1.How many farms have been issued licences to kill badgers in 2022?

   2

2.For each of these farms, how many years is it expected that badger interventions will continue?

One farm received its final round of operations this year to complete its exit strategy and will not receive any further years of operations.

The last remaining farm will be completed by June 2024.

3.Please supply copies of the farm action plans for each of the farms where badger interventions are continuing.

You will need to contact the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to request this information.
 

Next steps

If you are dissatisfied with the Welsh Government’s handling of your request, you can ask for an internal review within 40 working days of the date of this response.  Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Welsh Government’s Freedom of Information Officer at:

Information Rights Unit, 
Welsh Government,
Cathays Park, 
Cardiff, 
CF10 3NQ 

or Email: Freedom.ofinformation@gov.wales

Please remember to quote the ATISN reference number above.   

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:  Information Commissioner’s Office,

Wycliffe House, 
Water Lane, 
Wilmslow, 
Cheshire, 
SK9 5AF.

However, please note that the Commissioner will not normally investigate a complaint until it has been through our own internal review process.

Yours sincerely