Hornets: Pest Control
Commons · Question 68890 · Tabled 17 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff were assigned to the (a) identification and (b) removal of yellow-legged Asian hornet nests in (i) 2025, (ii) 2023 and (iii) 2022.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 24 Jul 2025
There has been 0.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff assigned to nest destruction in 2022, 2023 and 2025. This means they were assigned to that role and available on call when needed. There has been one FTE Senior Operational Lead dedicated to yellow-legge...