Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 34165

Food and Livestock: Ashford (Kent)

Tabled: 26 February 2025
Answered: 5 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Robin Swann

Ulster Unionist PartySouth Antrim

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vehicles containing (a) live animals and (b) food products failed to attend a further inspection at Sevington in the last 12 months.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Due to the intelligence led and dynamic nature of our biosecurity controls, and to ensure operations are not impacted, we are unable to share this data. The risk of legitimate commercial loads not attending Sevington is mitigated by robust, data-backed en...

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