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Rodents

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 11 March 2025UIN 32573

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) research and (b) data his Department holds on rodent infestations and problems.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Defra does not carry out research or hold data on rodent infestations and problems.

Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), in collaboration with a number of partners including the devolved administrations, publishes a Code of Practice for the prevention and control of rodent infestations on poultry farms Code of Practice: prevention and control of rodent infestations on poultry farms - GOV.UK.

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