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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many game farms were assessed by the Animal and Plant Health Agency as using un-enriched raised laying cages for partridge breeding pairs in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

The Animal and Plant Health Agency has made no estimate of the number of game farms using un-enriched cages for partridges. However, four game farms have been inspected as a result of welfare concerns since June 2014. So far only one has resulted in action being taken with a follow-up visit to be undertaken in July 2015. Before June 2014, game farms were not recorded separately from certain other farmed species, so it is not possible to separate out such establishments.