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1141254

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Dogs: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department is taking to increase collaboration between the Animal and Plant Health Agency and veterinary regulatory authorities in other countries to tackle provision of fake pet passports and veterinary certificates for dogs being imported into the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	280926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2019 answer text <p>Defra takes the issue of illegal dog and puppy imports very seriously. This is an abhorrent trade which causes suffering to the smuggled dogs and puts the health of pets and people in the UK at risk. Defra is working hard to tackle the problem through a comprehensive approach that seeks to target both the supply and demand of illegally imported dogs.</p><p> </p><p>International engagement is one aspect of this approach. It takes place through Defra, with input from APHA intelligence and expertise. Under Article 26 of EU Regulation 1/2005 (on the protection of animals during transport and related operations), Defra notify Member States of the origin of the transporter where a welfare issue with an import has been identified. We send these to notify the Member State so that they can take remedial action to ensure that the transporter complies in future. The notifications include details of passports and certificates. The UK Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) has written to her counterparts in countries where illegally imported dogs typically originate, including (most recently) her counterparts in Hungary and Serbia. The issue also continues to be raised and discussed at EU CVO meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 06/09/2019 15:38:28 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1195049

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Dogs: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vehicles transporting dogs have entered the UK under the Balai Directive in each month from February 2019 to April 2020.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	46162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency is not able to provide data regarding this matter.</p><p> </p><p>Dogs entering the UK from the EU do so on an Intra-Trade Animal Health Certificate (ITAHC) issued via the Trade Control and Expert System.</p><p> </p><p>There is no requirement for the certifying veterinarian to add the vehicle registration to the ITAHC and there can be multiple vehicles per ITAHC. Usually, the vehicle registration is not entered onto the ITAHC when it is created because the certifying veterinarian will have no knowledge of which vehicle is going to be used. They can inspect the consignment at any time in the 48 hours prior to travel, so it is unlikely that the transport will have arrived when they are doing their inspection.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/05/2020 14:20:44 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1198833

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Dogs: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2020 to Question 46162 on Dogs: Imports, how many Intra-Trade Animal Health Certificates were issued for dogs entering the UK in each month from February 2019 to May 2020.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	52515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) is a European Commission system employed by EU member states to facilitate and record animal and animal product movements into and throughout the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The below data regarding the number of Intra-Trade Animals Health Certificates (ITAHCs) issued for dogs entering the UK was extracted from TRACES.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ITAHCs issued</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>2037</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>2393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>1895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>2244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-19</p></td><td><p>1929</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-19</p></td><td><p>2081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-19</p></td><td><p>1954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-19</p></td><td><p>2623</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-19</p></td><td><p>3244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-19</p></td><td><p>2287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-19</p></td><td><p>2025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-20</p></td><td><p>2580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-20</p></td><td><p>2373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>1321</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-20</p></td><td><p>660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-20</p></td><td><p>3220</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 08/06/2020 16:39:47 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1229044

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Dogs: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of dogs in the last 10 per cent of their pregnancy that have been illegally brought into the UK in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	81937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) only holds records of pregnant dogs where other non-compliances were found at time of interception on entry to Great Britain. APHA does not record details of compliant animals which were pregnant at time of interception.</p><p> </p><p>According to APHA records, eight dogs were seized in 2020 under Council Regulation (EC) no 1/2005, Annex I, FITNESS FOR TRANSPORT, Chapter I, 2(c) ‘pregnant females for whom 90% or more of the expected gestation period has already passed’. An additional 11 pregnant bitches not in their last 10% were seized in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 82454 question first answered 03/09/2020 15:47:14 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1229442

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Dogs: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of pregnant dogs illegally imported into the UK in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	82454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) only holds records of pregnant dogs where other non-compliances were found at time of interception on entry to Great Britain. APHA does not record details of compliant animals which were pregnant at time of interception.</p><p> </p><p>According to APHA records, eight dogs were seized in 2020 under Council Regulation (EC) no 1/2005, Annex I, FITNESS FOR TRANSPORT, Chapter I, 2(c) ‘pregnant females for whom 90% or more of the expected gestation period has already passed’. An additional 11 pregnant bitches not in their last 10% were seized in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 81937 question first answered 03/09/2020 15:47:14 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1231644

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Dogs: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Intra-Trade Animal Health Certificates were issued for dogs entering the UK in each month from June 2020 to August 2020; and how many dogs were imported under PETS in the same period.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	85115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The number of Intra-Trade Animal Health Certificates (ITAHCs) issued for dogs entering the UK in June 2020 was 3,967, in July 2020 was 4,850 and in August 2020 was 3,916.</p><p> </p><p>The data for ITAHCs was extracted from the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) by searching for imports of canis familiaris. These figures cover all commercially imported dogs including commercial puppies, rescue dogs, research dogs and unaccompanied pets.</p><p> </p><p>TRACES is a European Commission system employed by EU member states to facilitate and record animal movements into and throughout the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The number of dogs entering Great Britain under the Pet Travel Scheme in June 2020 was 7,423 and in July 2020 was 5,423. Data for the number of dogs entering Great Britain in August 2020 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>The data regarding the Pet Travel Scheme is based on information provided by checkers employed by approved carriers of pet animals.</p><p> </p><p>This information is based on information provided by third party pet checkers and importers, exporters and authorities in EU countries recording data on the TRACES system. Figures may be amended as third parties submit new data.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/09/2020 13:14:59 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1231762

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Dogs: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure enforcement of the Live transport: welfare regulations to prevent pregnant dogs in their last 10 per cent of pregnancy from being imported into the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	86062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>We operate one of the most rigorous border-checking regimes in Europe. When animals are transported for a commercial purpose, their transportation must comply fully with legal requirements aimed at protecting their welfare. The current EU Regulation which provides protection for animals during transport sets out those animals which are not considered fit for transport, and this includes those that are in the last 10% of gestation.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) takes an intelligence-led approach at the border aimed at disrupting the illegal trade in dogs. As part of this activity APHA identifies and acts to safeguard the welfare of animals where transport is non-compliant with the requirements of the law.</p><p> </p><p>During 2020, eight dogs were detained by APHA as being in the last 10% of gestation. An additional 11 pregnant bitches not in their last 10% were also detained.</p><p> </p><p>APHA continues to work closely with its local authority enforcement partners to support enforcement action and prosecution of those involved in this trade.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 10/09/2020 16:29:31 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1248855

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Dogs: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Intra-Trade Animal Health Certificates were issued for dogs entering the UK in (a) September 2020 and (b) October 2020.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	111638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>The number of Intra-Trade Animal Health Certificates (ITAHCs) issued for dogs entering the UK was 5,206 in September 2020 and 5,287 in October 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The data for commercial dog imports was extracted from the Trade Control and Expert System via the data warehouse facility by searching for canis familiaris imports.</p><p> </p><p>This response has been compiled by the Animal and Plant Health Agency from data provided by third parties, and as such is reliant on the providers for the accuracy of the information.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/11/2020 16:11:39 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1252204

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Dogs: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs were imported into Great Britain under the Pet Travel Scheme by (a) an individual owner, (b) a rehoming organisation based in the animal’s country of origin and (c) a rehoming organisation based in the UK, in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	115825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency does not hold all of the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Pet Travel Scheme, carriers complete and submit spreadsheets every month detailing their throughput. This is categorised by species, document type, non-compliance data and whether or not it is an assistance animal. Carriers do not provide information regarding who the animal was imported by.</p><p> </p><p>Animals imported under the Balai Directive are imported on an Intra-Trade Animal Health Certificate issued via the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES). TRACES does not record whether the purpose of importation is for rehoming. While TRACES does identify the importer, it does not differentiate which importers are individual owners and which are rehoming organisations.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 115826 question first answered 19/11/2020 15:20:22 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1252205

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Dogs: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs were imported into Great Britain under the Balai Directive by (a) an individual owner, (b) a rehoming organisation based in the animal’s country of origin and (c) a rehoming organisation based in the UK, in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	115826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency does not hold all of the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Pet Travel Scheme, carriers complete and submit spreadsheets every month detailing their throughput. This is categorised by species, document type, non-compliance data and whether or not it is an assistance animal. Carriers do not provide information regarding who the animal was imported by.</p><p> </p><p>Animals imported under the Balai Directive are imported on an Intra-Trade Animal Health Certificate issued via the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES). TRACES does not record whether the purpose of importation is for rehoming. While TRACES does identify the importer, it does not differentiate which importers are individual owners and which are rehoming organisations.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 115825 question first answered 19/11/2020 15:20:22 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill