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	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Pets: 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 changes to the rabies regime he plans for domestic pets crossing the UK's borders in the event that the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	188245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no immediate plans to change the rabies regime in the short term following the UK’s departure from the EU. For entry into the UK the current pet travel health requirements will continue to apply, although additional controls could be considered at a later date</p><p><br> The UK harmonised with the EU Pet Travel Scheme (PTS) rules in 2012. In 2011 we made an assessment of the risk of rabies introduction to the UK. This assessment concluded that the risk of an animal with rabies entering the UK under the PTS was very low. Since then, there have been no cases of rabies in pets entering the UK under the PTS. However, the Government continues to monitor the disease situation and will undertake a further formal risk assessment if evidence indicates that one is warranted.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>When the UK leaves the EU it will be a third country. This means pet animals entering the EU from the UK would need to continue to follow the rules of the PTS. On 24 September this year a Technical Notice ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/taking-your-pet-abroad-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/taking-your-pet-abroad-if-theres-no-brexit-deal" target="_blank">Taking your pet abroad if there’s no Brexit deal</a>’ was issued. On 6 November the Government issued follow up guidance and advice on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pet-travel-to-europe-after-brexit" target="_blank">Pet travel to Europe after Brexit</a> in the unlikely event that the UK becomes an unlisted third country.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/11/2018 11:48:01 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

348262

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	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	Pets: 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 prosecutions were brought forward for (a) the illegal import of pets under the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 and (b) knowingly presenting fraudulent information in relation to the import of pets under the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
	tabling member printed	Neil Parish
	uin	981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011 and the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulation 2011 are enforced by Local Authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with obligations under Section 80 of the Animal Health Act 1981 information is provided by Local Authorities to the Animal and Plant Health Agency on proceedings under this Act. This includes information on the number of prosecutions secured under the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 and the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of the nature of the offences are not recorded centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of prosecutions is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prosecutions for illegally importing pet animals for sale may also be brought under legislation governing consumer protection, the sale of pet animals and the importation of rabies susceptible animals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/06/2015 12:58:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

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	registered interest
	date	30/01/2017
	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	Pets: 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 (a) dogs, (b) cats and (c) ferrets were imported (i) non-commercially under the Pets Travel Scheme and (ii) commercially under the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 into the UK in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	62238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The commercial data was extracted from the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) and the pet data was taken from APHA’s system for recording pets entering the UK, based on information provided by pet checkers.</p><p> </p><p>In some cases imports are recorded on TRACES as “Canis familiaris / Felis catus”, so APHA are unable to distinguish between cat or dog imports. These are included on the table in row “Mixed cats/dogs”.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Pets</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Commercial</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dogs</p></td><td><p>275,876</p></td><td><p>34,017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cats</p></td><td><p>24,145</p></td><td><p>2,572</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ferrets</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed cats/dogs</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>327</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/02/2017 15:06:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick