Question follow-through · 93055
Pest Control: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the effect of local authority fees and charges for pest control services on the reporting of infestations by members of the public since 2015.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 20 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 27 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the effect of local authority fees and charges for pest control services on the reporting of infestations by members of the public since 2015.
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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27 Nov 2025
Answer published
Defra has not made an assessment of local authority fees and charges for pest control services on the reporting of infestations by members of the public since 2015. Where rats and mice are concerned, under the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949, local...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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