Written question asked by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 December 1997, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 12 December 1997. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Friday, 12 December 1997 on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Question: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate his Department has made of the numbers of mink that have escaped into the wild from mink farms in (a) 1993, (b) 1994, (c) 1995, (d) 1996 and (e) 1997; and how many mink farms had a licence revoked or suspended in (a) 1993, (b) 1994, (c) 1995, (d) 1996, (e) 1997; and how many prosecutions his Department has initiated for keeping mink without a licence under the Mink Keeping Order since 1993; and how many mink farms have been allowed to operate without a licence under the Mink Keeping Order; and what penalties exist for mink farms found to have breached a condition or conditions of the Mink Keeping Order or the Mink Keeping Regulations. - Inc table.

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