Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 78992
Meat: Ritual Slaughter
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Nick Timothy
Conservative — West Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) halal and (b) kosher slaughterhouses have operated in the UK in each year since 2020, by local authority area.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe number of slaughterhouses carrying out slaughter using the halal or shechita methods is not routinely recorded, as no specific approval from the Food Standards Agency is required to use these methods. However, the FSA’s most recent slaughter sector su...
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