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Written question asked by David Drew (Labour) on Monday, 26 February 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 16 March 2001. It was answered by Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (Labour) on Friday, 16 March 2001 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abattoirs there were, and how many closed, in each of the last 10 years. - Includes tables. (Holding answer 1 March 2001).
Answer

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many abattoirs there were, and how many closed, in each of the last 10 years. [151826] Ms Stuart: [holding answer 1 March 2001]: The tables give the number of licensed red meat and licensed poultry meat abattoirs in the United Kingdom from 1991 to 2000, and the number of licenses revoked in each year where this information is available. Red meat abattoirs _________________________________________________________________________________________________. England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Year Licensed Revoked Licensed Revoked Licensed Revoked Licensed Revoked 1991 593 {1}-- 49 {1}-- 55 {1}-- 16 {1}-- 1992 540 {1}-- 53 {1}-- 54 {1}-- 15 {1}-- 1993 434 {1}-- 53 {1}-- 40 {1}-- 15 {1}-- 1994 424 {1}-- 48 {1}-- 40 {1}-- 15 {1}-- 1995 402 21 48 {1}-- 36 {1}-- 14 {1}-- 1996 384 22 49 {1}-- 37 {1}-- 14 {1}-- 1997 375 16 48 {1}-- 35 2 14 0 1998 360 14 43 4 34 1 14 1 1999 339 20 44 1 34 1 15 0 2000 316 23 44 1 35 0 16 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Poultry meat abattoirs _________________________________________________________________________________________________. England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Year Licensed Revoked Licensed Revoked Licensed Revoked Licensed Revoked 1991 98 {1}-- 7 {1}-- 5 {1}-- 9 {1}-- 1992 93 {1}-- 8 {1}-- 5 {1}-- 11 {1}-- 1993 98 {1}-- 9 {1}-- 4 {1}-- 9 {1}-- 1994 137 {1}-- 8 {1}-- 10 {1}-- 9 {1}-- 1995 144 {1}-- 8 {1}-- 11 {1}-- 10 {1}-- 1996 144 {1}-- 10 {1}-- 13 {1}-- 17 {1}-- 1997 131 9 10 {1}-- 15 0 15 2 1998 131 6 11 2 14 2 15 0 1999 119 8 11 1 12 2 15 0 2000 111 4 11 1 10 2 12 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Information is not available for these years.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
151826; 364 c760-2W;364 c760-1W
Session
2000-01
Subjects
Closures Poultry Meat Slaughterhouses
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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