Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

Mr. Crabb
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of the sum approved by the European Commission Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health for implementation of the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Programme will be available to tackle bovine tuberculosis in Wales.

Jim Fitzpatrick
The money will be split between England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the division of the funding has yet to be agreed.

Mr. Crabb
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what conditions govern the use of the grant provided by the European Commission Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health for implementation of the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Programme.

Jim Fitzpatrick
The European Commission Decision that was approved by the Standing Committee allows allocated EU funding to be used to reimburse member states for three measures: the costs of tuberculin testing, gamma interferon blood testing and compensation for cattle slaughtered.

The Decision sets out the maximum of the costs that member states can claim for each:

tuberculin test: €1.75 per test

gamma-interferon test: €5 per test

compensation: €375 per animal.