Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 192202

Pets: Theft

Tabled: 3 July 2023
Answered: 7 July 2023

Question

Dr Luke Evans

Conservative — Hinckley and Bosworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions officials in her Department has had with (a) other Government Departments and (ii) third-party stakeholders on policy formation on tackling pet theft.

Answer

In response to concerns about the apparent increase in pet theft since the start of the pandemic the Government set up the Pet Theft Taskforce in May 2021. The Taskforce was a cross-government initiative including Defra, the Ministry of Justice and the Ho...
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