Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 18885

Plants: Imports

Tabled: 10 December 2024

Answered: 19 December 2024

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many plant health inspection staff were employed at UK Border Control Posts in (a) England and (b) Wales as of 10 December 2024.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has 162 plant health inspectors in post covering England and Wales. This number includes all inspectors working at border control points (BCPs), inspection centres and control points. This number cannot be broken ...

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