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1363011

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date	25/10/2021
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: Tagging
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 make checking pet microchip databases as efficient as possible.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	62714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>We are carrying out a post-implementation review of the Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations that came into effect in 2016, which will consider whether improvements can be made to the current regime, including the operation of the databases.</p><p> </p><p>We will come forward with proposals shortly. A public consultation on the 2016 Regulations will take place following this.</p><p> </p><p>This is a devolved matter and these developments relate to the situation applying in England.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 02/11/2021 18:05:32 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1363012

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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: Tagging
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a single pet microchip database.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	62715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>Database operators are commercial enterprises which offer a range of services and provide choice for pet owners. We are confident that improvements can be made to the current regime.</p><p> </p><p>We are exploring the possibility of creating a single point of access to compliant databases for authorised users, such as vets, police and local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>We will come forward with our proposals shortly.</p><p> </p><p>This is a devolved matter and these developments relate to the situation applying in England.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 02/11/2021 17:59:08 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1363013

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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: Tagging
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 much the Government has spent on campaigns to encourage the microchipping of pets in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	62716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to microchipping pets. There has not been Government spending on specific campaigns to encourage microchipping of cats and dogs in in the last three years. However, the Government promotes microchipping in the statutory codes of practice for the welfare of cats, dogs and horses. In addition, the Government’s Petfished campaign, which encourages responsible pet acquisition, advises people to ask whether a cat or dog is microchipped before buying.</p><p> </p><p>The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations came into effect in 2016 and we launched a public consultation on compulsory cat and dog microchipping and scanning in England in December 2020 which highlighted the importance of cat and dog microchipping.</p><p> </p><p>The Equine Identification (England) Regulations 2018 require that all equines in England (except those semi-wild ponies permanently resident in certain designated areas) must be microchipped from 1 October 2020. Government comms campaigns were launched in July and September 2020 to remind those in England with horses born before 1 July 2009 (which were provided with a grace period in the interim) of the legal requirement to have them microchipped by 1 October 2020. Details of the cost of these campaigns is not however available.</p><p> </p><p>This is a devolved matter and this response relates to the situation applying in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 02/11/2021 17:49:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy