Asked by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cats travelled to the UK under the Pet Travel Scheme in each month of (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Month | 2023 | 2024 |
Jan | 2,750 | 3,207 |
Feb | 1,777 | 1,860 |
Mar | 2,024 | 2,357 |
Apr | 2,219 | 2,700 |
May | 2,762 | 2,029 |
Jun | 5,638 | 3,015 |
Jul | 2,618 | 2,692 |
Aug | 3,974 | 3,828 |
Sep | 7,634 | 2,094 |
Oct | 759 | 3,154 |
Nov | 2,314 |
|
Dec | 3,814 |
|
Total | 38,283 | 26,936 |
The data regarding the Pet Travel Scheme covers pets entering Great Britain and is based on information provided by checkers employed by approved carriers of pet animals. Please be aware that this is subject to change as we often receive throughput returns from carriers months later.
Asked by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs travelled to the UK under the Pet Travel Scheme by (a) sea, (b) tunnel and (c) air in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Means of Transport | November - December 2023 | January – October 2024 |
Air | 2131 | 13662 |
Sea | 12097 | 105568 |
Tunnel | 39262 | 160014 |
Total | 53490 | 279244 |
The data regarding the Pet Travel Scheme covers pets entering Great Britain and is based on information received to date, provided by checkers employed by approved carriers of pet animals. Please be aware that this is subject to change as additional throughput returns from carriers may be received.
Asked by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cats were imported under the Balai Directive in each month of (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Balai Cat Imports EU:
Month | 2023 | 2024 |
Jan | 216 | 253 |
Feb | 310 | 267 |
Mar | 270 | 256 |
Apr | 179 | 224 |
May | 164 | 165 |
Jun | 170 | 196 |
Jul | 194 | 166 |
Aug | 197 | 222 |
Sep | 253 | 287 |
Oct | 282 | 290 |
Nov | 261 |
|
Dec | 287 |
|
Total | 2,783 | 2,326 |
Balai Cat Imports ROW:
Month | 2023 | 2024 |
Jan | 306 | 254 |
Feb | 304 | 292 |
Mar | 372 | 251 |
Apr | 331 | 279 |
May | 321 | 346 |
Jun | 377 | 314 |
Jul | 278 | 332 |
Aug | 289 | 307 |
Sep | 338 | 292 |
Oct | 190 | 293 |
Nov | 316 |
|
Dec | 259 |
|
Total | 3,681 | 2,960 |
The EU data may include animals that have originated from a non-EU country but have travelled through an EU Border Control Post (BCP). The database records the EU BCP Country as the Country of Origin for these imports. The Rest of the World data will not include any animals that have arrived through an EU BCP.
This information is drawn from external IPAFF systems not directly controlled by the department.
Asked by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs travelled to the UK under the Pet Travel Scheme in each month of 2023.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Month | Total |
January | 18,840 |
February | 14,838 |
March | 15,790 |
April | 24,722 |
May | 20,738 |
June | 21,633 |
July | 31,068 |
August | 51,913 |
September | 29,096 |
October | 6,581 |
November | 16,779 |
December | 36,711 |
Total | 288,709 |
The data regarding the Pet Travel Scheme covers pets entering Great Britain and is based on information provided by checkers employed by approved carriers of pet animals. Please be aware that this is subject to change as we often receive throughput returns from carriers months later.
Asked by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cats travelled to the UK under the Pet Travel Scheme via (a) sea, (b) tunnel and (c) air in 2023 and 2024.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Means of Transport | January - December 2023 | January - October 2024 |
Air | 8,786 | 7,712 |
Sea | 16,237 | 8,137 |
Tunnel | 13,260 | 11,087 |
Grand Total | 38,283 | 26,936 |
The data regarding the Pet Travel Scheme covers pets entering Great Britain and is based on information provided by checkers employed by approved carriers of pet animals. Please be aware that this is subject to change as we often receive throughput returns from carriers months later.
Asked by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce legislative proposals to ban wet wipes containing plastic.
Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Government is working together with the devolved Governments to understand the issue, with a view to legislate to ban wet wipes containing plastic across the UK.
Asked by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that all policies which potentially impact on fisheries are assessed by his Department in a holistic manner, considering their potential interactions with related policies, before implementation.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Development of all policies within Defra, including on fisheries, is undertaken holistically. We work across the public sector, private sector and society to make policy that works for citizens, and to help the Government achieve its missions and priorities. This includes collaborating closely across policy areas in Defra (such as fisheries management plans, offshore wind and the Marine Protected Areas programme), as well as with different Government departments and levels of Government, to fully explore linkages with other areas of policy delivery by Defra and beyond.
Asked by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers have been killed under the current cull regime in Devon.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The numbers of badgers removed during culling operations are published annually on GOV.UK. The number of badgers removed cannot be broken down by county as licensed cull areas often overlap multiple counties. However, for licences granted which are predominantly in Devon, approximately 41,000 badgers have been removed since 2013 under these licences.
Asked by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect fishing grounds in the context of the increase in (a) offshore wind energy developments and (b) protected areas.
Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Food security is national security.
That is why the new Government will always back our great British fishing industry. We are engaging with industry and across Government on the spatial prioritisation programme to champion to protect the fishing sector.
We will go further by tearing down unnecessary trade barriers that block our fishing exports and push for more fish to be caught in British waters.
Asked by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to develop a national fishing strategy.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
I have recently heard the representations of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations and others on the benefits of a national fishing strategy. This is something to discuss further with the industry and with colleagues in the Devolved Administrations given fisheries issues are largely devolved.