Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 31 March 2025.
Jack Rankin
Conservative, Windsor
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to implement a national Digital Equine ID system to ensure the traceability of all horses.
Daniel Zeichner
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only.
The Government recognises the importance of the equine sector to the UK economy and to improving equine identification and traceability. We have no current plans to implement mandatory digital identification, but we remain in close touch with the industry to look at potential improvements.
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