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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of animals exported abroad for slaughter in each of the last 10 years.

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) holds data for animals exported specifically for slaughter for the years 2014 and 2015 from Great Britain:

The below figures represent the total number of cattle, pigs, sheep and goats for the years 2006-13. These figures represent animals exported for breeding, fattening/ production as well as slaughter from Great Britain: