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  • The start and end dates of badger cull licences in 2014.

  • Organisations consulted when revising the Defra Best Practice Guidance and Training.

  • How much land was covered by the cull companies in each of the pilot areas and whether they covered the required 70%.

  • Dates that cage traps were loaned to the NFU in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014.

  • Use of shotguns in badger culls.

  • Recommendations of the IEP report, including the clarification Defra provided to the British Veterinary Association (BVA).

  • Advice provided as part of Defra's review of controlled shooting.

  • During the pilot cull who were the cages purchased by.

  • Consultations with the British Veterinary Association (BVA) about various topics relating to Defra's 2014 badger cull control policy.

  • Advice to Natural England on badger control from Defra.

  • More information on the further research planned into the use of carbon monoxide as a potential sett based means of humane culling.

  • Information about post mortems during the pilot badger culls.

  • Analysis and monitoring of social media in relation to TB policies from 1 March to 31 May 2014.

  • Details of practical testing into badger gassing undertaken by Defra prior to the pilot badger culls.

  • Information about daily reports and thermal imaging recordings from the pilot badger culls.

  • Information about badger gassing trials.

  • Cost incurred by Defra controlling TB throughout 2013.

  • Details of post mortems of every single badger in the pilot cull zones and how many were tested for TB.

  • Evidence supporting the statement by the Secretary of State (SoS) on 3 April 2014 on Radio 4.

  • TB testing and badger pilot cull figures.