Parrots: Avian Influenza
Commons · Question 107784 · Tabled 22 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any documented cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have occurred in the UK within captive Psittaciformes kept under indoor, high-biosecurity conditions.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 30 Jan 2026
Since 2022 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed on 9 premises of which each had at least one captive Psittaciform bird. The department cannot comment on biosecurity of individual premises, as this is not public information; of these...