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Badgers

Asked by Jonathan DaviesLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 5 January 2026UIN 100089

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the results of the forthcoming badger population survey will be published.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The first major badger population survey in a decade began in February 2025 to estimate badger abundance and population recovery. Surveying work will take place over the next two winters and a report will be published once that has concluded.

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