Pet Travel Scheme: Cats

(asked on 11th December 2020) - View Source
Questioner
Kenny MacAskill Portrait
Kenny MacAskill
(Alba Party - East Lothian)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Intra Trade Animal Health Certificates were issued for cats entering the UK in each month from January 2019 to November 2020.

Answered by
Victoria Prentis Portrait
Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 16th December 2020

The number of Intra Trade Animal Health Certificates (ITAHCs) issued for cats entering the UK in each month from January 2019 to November 2020 can be found below.

Month

ITAHCs

Jan-19

177

Feb-19

178

Mar-19

170

Apr-19

136

May-19

115

Jun-19

112

Jul-19

124

Aug-19

137

Sep-19

201

Oct-19

282

Nov-19

178

Dec-19

143

Jan-20

203

Feb-20

144

Mar-20

70

Apr-20

43

May-20

101

Jun-20

142

Jul-20

214

Aug-20

301

Sep-20

356

Oct-20

486

Nov-20

506

The data for ITAHCs for cat imports was extracted from TRACES through the data warehouse facility by searching for imports of Felis catus. These figures cover all commercially imported cats including commercial kittens, rescue cats and unaccompanied pets.

The information that we have provided is a true reflection of the information that we have access to. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data, as we can only rely on the information that has been input into TRACES by a third party.

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