PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(13 December 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cats travelled to the UK under the Pet Travel Scheme via (a) sea, (b) tunnel and (c) air in 2023 and 2024.

Asked by:
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

Means of Transport

January - December 2023

January - October 2024

Air

8,786

7,712

Sea

16,237

8,137

Tunnel

13,260

11,087

Grand Total

38,283

26,936

The data regarding the Pet Travel Scheme covers pets entering Great Britain and is based on information provided by checkers employed by approved carriers of pet animals. Please be aware that this is subject to change as we often receive throughput returns from carriers months later.


Answered by:
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1 January 1970

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