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Written question asked by Chris Loder (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 September 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 September 2021. It was answered by Baroness Prentis of Banbury (Conservative) on Wednesday, 15 September 2021 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Slaughterhouses

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will release the method of slaughter statistics for (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

Answer

The last method of slaughter survey was undertaken by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in 2018 and the results were published in February 2019 - Farm animals: survey of slaughter methods 2018 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

The survey is not conducted annually and we are planning for it to be carried out again by the FSA in early 2022.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
44450
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Statistics Slaughterhouses
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk