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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was for the administration of the Import of products, animals, food and feed system in each year since 2019.

The Operating Costs for the IPAFFS Service for each year since 2019 are as follows:

• 2019 – £0.9M
• 2020 – £0.9M
• 2021 – £0.8M
• 2022 – £2.7M
• 2023 - £3.6M