{"value":{"id":1753830,"askingMemberId":209,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-08T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-22T00:00:00","uin":"HL3898","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government how much they have spent on compensation, disinfection of premises and other costs associated with avian flu outbreaks at poultry and game farms, in each of the last five years.","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4395,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-15T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Figures include (i) compensation claims related to the avian influenza compensation scheme; and (ii) operational costs, which includes culling, disposal, and cleaning and disinfection at infected premises.</p><p> </p><p>2023/24 Total costs of £13.1 million, made up of £2.9 million compensation claims and £10.2million of operational costs</p><p> </p><p>2022/23 Total costs of £84.5 million, made up of £38.3 million compensation claims and £46.2 million of operational costs</p><p> </p><p>2021/22 Total costs of £24.8 million, made up of £6.5 million compensation claims and £18.3 million of operational costs</p><p> </p><p>2020/21 Total costs of £4.5 million, made up of £1.5 million compensation claims and £3.0 million of operational costs</p><p> </p><p>2019/20 Total costs of £0.1 million, made up of £0.1 million in operational costs, there were no compensation claims.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Avian Influenza: Disease Control","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1753830","method":"GET"}]}