Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 30 June 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of game farms in England and Wales using un-enriched raised laying cages for partridge breeding pairs; and what steps she is taking to prevent such practices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the study commissioned by her Department in 2009 to provide scientific evidence on whether cage-based breeding for pheasants and partridges can fully meet birds' needs will be published.
No estimate has been made of the number of game farms using un-enriched cages for breeding partridges in breach of the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes.
However, four game farms have been inspected as a result of welfare concerns since June 2014. The Defra funded research into cage-based breeding for game birds will be published in due course and will be used to help inform the review of the gamebirds code of practice.
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