Question follow-through · 10798
African Swine Fever
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of risk of incursion of African swine fever to the UK.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 23 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of risk of incursion of African swine fever to the UK.
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Oct 2024
Answer published
Whilst we have never had an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in the UK, the overall risk of an incursion of ASF is currently assessed to be MEDIUM (the event occurs regularly) and we continue to prepare for a possible outbreak. The risk of ASF enteri...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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