Slaughterhouses
Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Mary Creagh (Wakefield, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which UK abattoirs are licensed to slaughter horses.
David Heath (Somerton and Frome, Liberal Democrat)
Seven abattoirs are currently approved for the slaughter of horses in the United Kingdom as follows:
| Establishment number | Establishment name | County |
| 4140 | G & GB Hewitt Ltd | Cheshire |
| 4185 | High Peak Meat Exports Ltd | Cheshire |
| 2163 | Peter Boddy | West Yorkshire |
| 8231 | Stillmans (Somerset) Ltd | Somerset |
| 9080 | Oakdale | County Armagh |
| 2295 | Bowood Farms Ltd | North Yorkshire |
| 8070 | Philip Hayman | Devon |
A complete list of all approved slaughterhouses is available at:
http://www.food.gov.uk/enforcement/sectorrules/meatplantsprems/meatpremlicence
This list is updated monthly to reflect new or amended approvals. Approval cannot be taken as an indication that the establishment is currently slaughtering all the species for which it is approved.