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347971

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Dogs: Sales
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) licensed dog breeders and (b) pet shops licensed to sell puppies there are in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Numbers of licensed dog breeders and pet shops are not recorded centrally but are held separately by each local authority. According to a 2014 survey submitted to Defra by an animal welfare organisation, there are between 50-70 pet shops selling cats and dogs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/06/2015 16:24:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

347972

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Dangerous Dogs
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 people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under section 3(1) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in England in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of offences under Section 3(1) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and Section 2 of the Dogs Act 1871, in England in 2014, can be viewed in the below table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts of selected offences related to dogs legislation, England, 2014</strong> <strong>(1)(2)</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Legislation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proceeded against</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Found guilty</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Section 3(1) Dangerous Dogs Act 1991</p></td><td><p>1,163</p></td><td><p>878</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Section 2 Dogs Act 1871</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 858 question first answered 09/06/2015 12:51:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

347973

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Dangerous Dogs
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 people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under section 2 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1871 in England in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of offences under Section 3(1) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and Section 2 of the Dogs Act 1871, in England in 2014, can be viewed in the below table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts of selected offences related to dogs legislation, England, 2014</strong> <strong>(1)(2)</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Legislation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proceeded against</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Found guilty</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Section 3(1) Dangerous Dogs Act 1991</p></td><td><p>1,163</p></td><td><p>878</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Section 2 Dogs Act 1871</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 857 question first answered 09/06/2015 12:51:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

348001

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Food: Allergies
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 discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on allergen requirements and restrictions for restaurants.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Rules on allergen labelling are set out in the EU Food Information to Consumers Regulation (1169/2011), and have applied since 13 December 2014.</p><p>This issue was last discussed at Ministerial level in 2011 when the Regulation was being agreed. It has not been the subject of discussions in the Agriculture and Fisheries Council since then. Officials in Defra and the Food Standards Agency have regular contact with their opposite numbers in other EU Member States to ensure consistent implementation of the new regulation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/06/2015 13:46:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

348082

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	World Milk Day
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 her Department took to celebrate World Milk Day on 1 June 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Defra issued a number of supportive statements through social media to promote World Milk Day and highlight some of the key features of the UK milk industry, including the scale of UK production and the latest information on dairy exports. In particular, we celebrated the important contribution of UK dairying to the economy and as a key source of calcium in UK diets.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/06/2015 11:12:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma