PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Agriculture: Antibiotics (3 July 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the trends in antibiotic usage in the UK agricultural sector over the most recent five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Dame Angela Eagle (Labour)

The latest data from 2016 shows that antibiotic sales in the UK agricultural sector had fallen to 45mg/kg; this figure represents a 32% reduction over the last five years.

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
mg/kg	66	62	62	56	45

Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
6 July 2018