Written question asked by Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 30 June 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 July 2025. It was answered by Daniel Zeichner (Labour) on Monday, 7 July 2025 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Cats and Dogs: Tagging
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many FTE civil servants his Department has allocated to work on developing a single point of search for the microchip database for (a) dogs and (b) cats.
- Answer
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There are many civil servants across Defra that are responsible for multiple animal welfare policies, working flexibly according to business need. Civil Servants work across animal welfare, transforming farm animal health and welfare, wildlife and rural teams, with some responsibilities sitting across other teams.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 63702
- Session
- 2024-26
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Databases Civil servants Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Dogs Tagging Cats
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2025-09-05 23:43:17 +0100
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