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Badgers

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 30 June 2025UIN 61542

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the size of the badger population (a) in June 2025 and (b) in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

The first major badger population survey in over a decade began in February 2025 and is currently ongoing. The most recent previous national survey was conducted in England and Wales between 2011 and 2013, estimating the badger population at approximately 485,000 individuals across 71,600 social groups.

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