Home / Sources / Select Committees / Public Accounts Committee / Resilience to threats from animal disea…
Index live · Last sync 23 May 2026
Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Resilience to threats from animal disease

Status: Open Opened: 6 May 2025 11 recommendations 21 conclusions 1 report

The National Risk Register outlines the most serious risks facing the UK. In 2023, four animal diseases were included, outlining the likelihood and impact of these diseases on the UK. With factors such as climate change and the rise in anti-microbial resistance likely increasing animal disease risks, the threats these diseases pose to the economy …

Clear

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
52nd Report - Resilience to threats from animal disease HC 885 5 Nov 2025 32 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
32 Conclusion 52nd Report - Resilience to threats fro… Deferred

Department lacks comprehensive long-term strategy integrating biosecurity capability building work.

The Department said it is undertaking a range of strategic capability building work that will improve long-term resilience, including redeveloping the National Biosecurity Centre at Weybridge, developing a multi-species livestock tracing system, and modernising APHA’s systems and processes. The Department recognised that there is no long-term strategy that brings all …

Government response. The government agrees to develop a long-term strategy to strengthen long-term resilience to animal disease, and will provide an update in Summer 2027.
HM Treasury

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
4 Sep 2025 David Hill · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Dr Richard Lewis · National Police Chiefs’ Council and Chief Constable of Dyfed-Powys Police, Emily Miles · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Professor Christine Middlemiss CB · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
16 Oct 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Environment, Food and…