Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much illegal meat coming into the UK was seized in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

Illegal meat seizures data captured as part of Defra’s African Swine Fever programme:

• 2023, 552 seizures, totalling 44,482 kg
• 2024 (Jan- 11 Oct 2024), 576 seizures, totalling 42,470 kg