§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the cost of the tuberculosis eradication scheme for badgers for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mrs. FennerThe estimated operational costs of badger control in England and Wales for each of the ten 369W years 1975–76 to 1984–85 are shown in the table. An important contributory factor in the increase in costs since 1981–82 was the change from gassing to trapping as the principal method of control in June 1982.
£'000 1975–76 90 1976–77 100 1977–78 110 1978–79 160 1979–80 210 1980–81 250 1981–82 370 1982–83 500 1983–84 650 1984–85 680