Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 58479
Animal Welfare
Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 18 June 2025
Question
Sarah Gibson
Liberal Democrat — Chippenham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average time taken is between suspected incidents of animal cruelty and the receipt of those reports by the Animal and Plant Health Agency in the last 12 months.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is not keeping records of time between suspected incidents of animal cruelty and the receipt of those reports by the Agency; consequently, this information is not held by Defra. However, over the last 12 months th...
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