Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 100022

Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses

Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

John Milne

Liberal DemocratHorsham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Food Standard Agency’s official control charges on the viability of small and medium sized abattoirs.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Information on the 2025/26 charge rates for official controls, or inspections, conducted in meat premises is available on the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) website at the following link:https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/charges-for-controls-in-m...

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