To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what financial support is available for his Department’s surveillance strategy to guard against the spread of wildlife diseases in 2009-10. (283639)

A total of £1.5 million is allocated to financing activities to guard against the spread of wildlife diseases in 2009-10. This figure includes funding to support a range of activities including surveillance for diseases in wildlife, for example avian influenza in wild birds, contingency planning and disease control for rabies and collection of wild bird population data.