PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Farmers: Prosecutions (2 September 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department or the Animal and Plant Health Agency will collect data on (a) the number of and (b) the reasons for on-farm prosecutions.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

Data on (a) the number of and (b) the reasons for on-farm prosecutions is already collected by Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and a statutory return is required to be made and laid before Parliament in accordance with Section 80 of the Animal Health Act 1981.

The report covers prosecutions taken under the Animal Health Act 1981 and other animal health and welfare legislation. It also includes data on the incidences of disease in animals.

A report is compiled by Defra for data relating to England and Wales. Scotland compiles a separate report. These reports are published and available to the public on www.Gov.UK and www.Gov.Scot.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-80-report-for-2015-under-the-animal-health-act-1981

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/farmingrural/Agriculture/animal-welfare/Diseases/Enforcement

Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
12 September 2016