Written question asked by Andrew Gwynne (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 October 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 October 2014. It was answered by George Eustice (Conservative) on Tuesday, 28 October 2014 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the information required to be collected under Condition 6 of the schedule to the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010 is available publicly.

Answer: Condition 6 of Part 1 of the Schedule to the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010 requires the operator of a greyhound racing track to keep records for 10 years of details of any injuries sustained by greyhounds during a race, trial or sales trial. The records must be completed by the attending veterinary surgeon but there is no requirement on tracks to make this information available publicly. However, we would expect the injury records to be reviewed by the veterinary surgeon and track manager on a regular basis to determine if injury rates are changing. How these records are being used will be one of the issues looked at during the five-year review of the Regulations.

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