Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 17024

Pigs: Animal Housing

Tabled: 8 July 2026

Answered: 14 July 2026

Question

James Wild

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the comparative costs of transitioning from farrowing crates to (a) temporary crating systems and (b) free farrowing systems, and if she will ask the An

Answer

Stephen Morgan

As stated in the Animal Welfare Strategy, the Government wants to work with the industry so that it ends the use of pig farrowing crates. There will be a consultation on transitioning to alternative systems which will include an assessment of the costs an...

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