Reptiles: Import Controls
(asked on 17th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seizures of reptiles there were by the Border Force under the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014; how many individual animals were so seized in each such year; and if she will make a statement.
This question was answered on 26th March 2015
The data requested on the seizures of reptiles by Border Force can be found in the below table:
| Seizure Year | Number of Seizures | Quantity Seized |
| 2013 | 9 | 477 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1232 |