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694345

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
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	Animal Welfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 16 January (HL Deb, col 7), how many local authorities have enforced animal welfare legislation in each year since 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL5619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities have powers under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to enforce animal welfare and, at a district level, local authorities regulate certain licensed activities involving animals. At a county level, local authorities also carry out various functions in relation to on-farm animal welfare. The Government does not hold records as to what degree individual local authorities enforce animal welfare laws. It is up to each local authority to decide what level of enforcement they will provide in relation to animal welfare based upon local priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/03/2017 12:01:02 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

693413

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
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	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her Department's policy to ensure that maintaining high standards of animal welfare is a priority in future trade negotiations on food and agriculture.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Mrs Theresa Villiers
uin	64983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>This government has a manifesto commitment to push for high animal welfare standards to be incorporated into international trade agreements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/03/2017 16:32:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

692187

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
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	Animal Welfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have received from (1) Battersea Dogs and Cats home, and (2) other charities, about increasing the sentences for cruelty to animals.
tabling member printed	Lord Dubs
uin	HL5481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>We have received a number of representations from animal welfare charities including the RSPCA, Blue Cross, Dogs Trust as well as Battersea Dogs and Cats Home supporting an increase in the maximum penalties for animal cruelty offences. We have also read the report by Battersea Sentencing for Animal Cruelty in England and Wales which supported an increase in the maximum penalty to five years’ imprisonment.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 01/03/2017 14:22:21 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	805 label Biography information for Lord Dubs

675215

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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	Animal Welfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to review the penalties for animal welfare offences; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL4780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants to see courts use the full range of penalties available. While there are no current proposals to increase the maximum penalties for animal welfare offences, we will continue to keep the maximum penalties for animal welfare offences under review.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 23/01/2017 12:51:30 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

673585

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
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	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in how many cases under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 a fine was imposed in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	60102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The number of proceedings heard at magistrates’ courts, and those which were found guilty, sentenced and had a fine imposed under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in England and Wales, 2014 and 2015 can be viewed below.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2016 are planned for publication in May 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Outcome</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>1,433</p></td><td><p>1,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Found Guilty</p></td><td><p>1,080</p></td><td><p>831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>1,078</p></td><td><p>833</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em> Fine</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table includes the following offences:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>Animal Welfare Act 2006 Section 4(1)(2), 5(a)(b)32(1)(2(40), 6(1)(a)(b)2,8,9,12, 7(a)(b)2, 8(1)(a to i),(2), 9, 11(1)(3), 13(6), 18(12),34(9)</p><p> </p></li><li><p>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></li><li><p>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></li><li><p>The numbers of offenders sentenced and found guilty in the same year may differ due to some being sentenced the following year.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 60103 question first answered 24/01/2017 13:19:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

657872

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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	Animal Welfare
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 assessment she has made of animal welfare standards in animal sanctuaries; what plans she has to provide for regulatory oversight of animal sanctuaries; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	57474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The welfare of animals in sanctuaries is provided for under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 which makes it an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to an animal or to fail to provide for an animal’s welfare needs. The Government supports moves by the sector to apply minimum standards in addition to the code of practice for the operation of animal sanctuaries and rehoming centres which the Association of Dogs and Cats Homes has developed. The Government does not currently have plans to make animal sanctuaries subject to specific regulations.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/12/2016 11:35:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

648739

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's consultation on the review of animal establishments licensing in England, which closed on 12 March 2016, when she plans to publish draft regulations on the licensing of animal establishments; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	55734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government proposes to publish a next steps document shortly which will set out our proposals for the animal establishments licensing review, following analysis of the 1,700 responses to the consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/12/2016 12:55:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

626597

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish her Department's review into animal establishments licensing in England.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	51311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>We expect to publish a document setting out our proposals on our review of the animal activities licensing in dur course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/11/2016 12:57:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

595613

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Animal Welfare
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 plans her Department has to ensure that standards of animal (a) welfare and (b) traceability are maintained when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	47251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Animal welfare and traceability are a priority for this Government and and we have a manifesto commitment to include measures to improve animal welfare in future agriculture policy. We are currently considering the impacts of the decision to leave the EU, including for existing legislation and how appropriate standards are best delivered in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/10/2016 16:30:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

523044

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Animal Welfare
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 is taking to prevent the trade of (a) greyhounds and (b) other animals to countries with little or no protection for animals rights.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	39319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Animal welfare regulations in third countries are the responsibility of those countries. However, we encourage other countries to improve or maintain welfare standards including through being a member of international organisations such as the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). EU Member States are subject to animal welfare regulations covered by EU law.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/06/2016 13:20:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins