---

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many horse passports have so far been issued, broken down by issuing authority. [190722] Alun Michael: The following is a list of the most recent figures that English Passport Issuing Organisations (PIOs) have submitted to Defra. Forty-nine out of fifty-seven (49/57) have submitted such information. No figures have been received for seven (7) organisations and one (1) organisation has ceased trading. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Names of Passport Issuing Organisations Passports Issued American Saddlebred Assosiation GB 134 Anglo European Studbook 11,175 American Quarter Horse Association--UK 937 Arab Horse Society 13,065 British Association Purebred Spanish Horse Ltd 400 British Connemara Pony Society 1,294 British Driving Society 11,728 British Hanoverian Horse Society 600 British Harness Racing Club 335 British Horse Society 10,198 British Miniature Horse Society 1,470 British Percheron Horse Society 755 British Show Jumping Association (BSJA) 2,358 British Skewbald and Piebald Association 694 British Spotted Pony Society- 200 Caspian Breed Society UK 140 Caspian Horse Society 165 Cleveland Bay Horse Society 1,117 Dales Pony Society 536 Dartmoor Pony Society 4,526 Donkey Breed Society 4,581 EquiCours/Selle Francais 15 Exmoor Pony Society 1,161 Farmkey 4,207 Gypsy Cob Society 100 Hackney Horse Society 705 Haflinger Society 510 Horse Passport Agency 42,746 Horse Passports Ltd 1,160 Hurlingham Polo Association 4,312 Icelandic Horse Society 391 Irish Draught Horse Society GB 361 Lipizzaner Society of GB 171 Lustiano Breed Society GB 185 Miniature Mediterranean Donkey Association 144 National Pony Society 144 New Forset Pony Breeding and Cattle Society 9,528 Pet ID Uk 79,736 Pleasure Horse Society 12,500 Shire Horse Society 3,609 Sport Horse Breeding of GB 16,678 Sports Pony Studbook Society 232 Spotted Horse and Pony Society 1,298 Spotted Pony Breed Society GB 497 Suffolk Horse Society 181 Trakehner Breeders Fraternity 876 United Saddlebred Association--UK 134 Wetherbys ID 29,761 Wetherbys thoroughbred 123,066 Total: 400,816 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

425 c429-30W; 190722

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Animals Horses Passports Transport

Link

View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk