Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 83596
Ritual Slaughter
Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of animals were slaughtered without being stunned for the production of Halal meat in the UK in each year since 2005.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleUK data regarding the number or proportion of animals slaughtered using the halal method without prior stunning is not collected. The Food Standards Agency carries out a periodic slaughter sector survey in England and Wales, which started in 2011. The lat...
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