Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of local authority food hygiene inspections that have been carried out over the last (1) 12 months, (2) five years, and (3) 10 years.
Data for 2019/20, the most recent reporting period, is not yet available. Data for 2010/11 to 2018/19 in provided in the following table. Interventions include hygiene inspections and audits, verification and surveillance, sampling visits, advice and education and intelligence gathering.
The total number of interventions for the period 2015/16 to 2018/19 and for the period 2010/11 to 2018/19 are also shown.
Local authority food hygiene and other interventions - 2010/11 to 2018/19 | |||||
Year | England | Northern Ireland | Wales | Scotland | United Kingdom total |
2018/19 | 305,483 | 14,076 | 25,182 | 38,753 | 383,494 |
2017/18 | 306,419 | 16,037 | 27,892 | 41,715 | 392,063 |
2016/17 | 306,646 | 19,425 | 24,627 | 43,494 | 394,192 |
2015/16 | 318,461 | 16,325 | 25,203 | 44,562 | 404,551 |
2014/15 | 314,292 | 13,354* | 28,802 | 46,027 | 402,475 |
2013/14 | 319,072 | 19,681 | 30,689 | 41,635 | 411,077 |
2012/13 | 324,394 | 18,204 | 28,822 | 43,879 | 415,299 |
2011/12 | 327,677 | 19,989 | 30,139 | 45,001 | 422,806 |
2010/11 | 331,915 | 21,150 | 31,187 | 47,600 | 431,852 |
2015/16 to 2018/19 | 1,237,009 | 65,863 | 102,904 | 168,524 | 1,574,300 |
2010/11 to 2018/19 | 2,854,359 | 144,887 | 252,543 | 392,666 | 3,657,809 |
Note:
* Based on 9 months data for Northern Ireland.