Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 12104

Animal Welfare: Fines

Tabled: 31 October 2024
Answered: 12 November 2024

Question

Stuart Anderson

Conservative — South Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of animal welfare penalty notices.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The first annual report from enforcement authorities on penalty notices issued is to be submitted to Defra by June 2025 and a consolidated report will subsequently be published.