Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 18 November 2016.
Mark Williams
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Wales)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions there have been for breaches of the animal welfare regulations governing live animal exports in each of the last three years.
George Eustice
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Information is available on the number of convictions rather than on the number of prosecutions. In the last three years there have been the following number of convictions for breaches of the regulations protecting animal welfare during transport in England and Wales. Separate figures are not kept for convictions relating to live animal exports.
2015 - 8
2014 - 15
2013 – 14
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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