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1125763

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
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: 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 he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislation for mandatory microchip scanning for all pet dogs at routine visits to the veterinarian.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	252516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government agrees with the British Veterinary Association (BVA) that it is good practice for veterinary practices to scan dogs that are presented to them, and particularly for the first time, but that it should not be compulsory for them to do so, as in some circumstances this might deter some owners from presenting their dogs at veterinary practices for much needed treatment.</p><p> </p><p>On 23 April 2019, I understand representatives of the group Vets Get Scanning and the BVA met to discuss this issue. The BVA has undertaken to remind veterinary practices to scan dogs in line with best practice and help owners understand the importance of keeping their microchipping records up to date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 14/05/2019 14:27:16 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

897321

registered interest
date	03/05/2018
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	Dogs: Tagging
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of dogs that are not microchipped.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL7552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>As at March 2018, we estimate that fewer than 10% of dogs are not microchipped.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/05/2018 15:33:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

456707

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
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	Dogs: 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, if she will take steps to encourage vets, re-homing centres and dog wardens to scan stray dogs for microchips.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	29081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>It is already best practice for vets, re-homing centres and dog wardens to scan strays and they have a duty of care to do so. To assist dog wardens, the Kennel Club has provided free scanners to all local authorities. We will also be reminding these parties of the need to scan dogs.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/03/2016 13:44:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

456124

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
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	Dogs: 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 recent steps she has taken to increase awareness of the impending legal requirement for dogs to be microchipped.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	28910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department has been working with key stakeholders to increase awareness of the need for owners to get their dogs microchipped. This work has included the offer by Dogs Trust, Battersea Dogs &amp; Cats Home and Blue Cross of free microchipping, and the launch of the ChipMyDog Facebook page and has helped contribute to the rise in the percentage of dogs microchipped from around 58% in 2013 to an estimated 83% today. We will continue to work with stakeholders to get this message out to dog owners and prospective owners.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/03/2016 13:56:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

446789

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
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	Dogs: 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 she plans to take to ensure that local authorities which find a dog dead or injured scan the dog's microchip and contact its owners.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	23689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>Following a debate in the Westminster Hall on 2 March 2015, the then Minister of State, for the Department of Transport undertook to instruct the Highways Agency to make it their policy to ensure that it collects and identifies every animal that is killed on the strategic road network and to contact the owners by whatever practicable means. The Minister also wrote to all local highway authorities and Transport for London to draw attention to the Government’s policy and reflect on their own policy. It is established good practice for all authorities, including local authorities and dog rescue centres that come into contact with a stray, injured or deceased dog to scan it for a microchip so that the dog’s keeper can be traced. To assist this process, the Kennel Club has donated microchip scanners to every local authority in England and Wales. The compulsory microchipping of all dogs in Great Britain comes into force on 6 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 23690 question first answered 26/01/2016 17:26:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

446790

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
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	Dogs: 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, if she will take steps to ensure that pet rescue centres scan the microchip of dogs in their care and contact their owners.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	23690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>Following a debate in the Westminster Hall on 2 March 2015, the then Minister of State, for the Department of Transport undertook to instruct the Highways Agency to make it their policy to ensure that it collects and identifies every animal that is killed on the strategic road network and to contact the owners by whatever practicable means. The Minister also wrote to all local highway authorities and Transport for London to draw attention to the Government’s policy and reflect on their own policy. It is established good practice for all authorities, including local authorities and dog rescue centres that come into contact with a stray, injured or deceased dog to scan it for a microchip so that the dog’s keeper can be traced. To assist this process, the Kennel Club has donated microchip scanners to every local authority in England and Wales. The compulsory microchipping of all dogs in Great Britain comes into force on 6 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 23689 question first answered 26/01/2016 17:26:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

348384

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	Dogs: 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 preparations her Department is making to ensure that mandatory microchipping of dogs comes into effect in April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	1066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Regulations to require the compulsory microchipping of all dogs in England by 6 April 2016 came into force on 24 February 2015. Defra is working closely with a number of partners including veterinary organisations, animal welfare charities and others to promote the message on compulsory microchipping using a range of channels including social media and the websites <a href="http://www.chipmydog.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.chipmydog.org.uk</a> and <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/06/2015 15:05:19 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

93551

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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: 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, with reference to the statement of 6 February 2013, Official Report, column 15WS, on irresponsible dog ownership, what representations she has received on regulations relating to compulsory microchipping of dogs in England; and what response she has given to those representations.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	210701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Since February 2013, Defra has held a number of discussions with a range of bodies and stakeholders involved in dog microchipping and there is wide support for the policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/10/2014 16:22:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

92535

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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: 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, with reference to the statement of 6 February 2013, Official Report, column 15WS, on irresponsible dog ownership, when she intends to bring forward legislative proposals on implementation of compulsory microchipping in England.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	209972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government will be laying draft regulations shortly to make it compulsory for all dogs in England to be microchipped from 2016. The regulations will be subject to the affirmative procedure before coming into force. Defra is working with all relevant stakeholders to communicate the requirement to dog breeders and owners beforehand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 209939 question first answered 17/10/2014 10:49:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

92537

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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: 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, with reference to the statement of 6 February 2013, Official Report, column 15WS, on irresponsible dog ownership, what the timetable is for implementing compulsory microchipping of dogs in England by 2016.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	209939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government will be laying draft regulations shortly to make it compulsory for all dogs in England to be microchipped from 2016. The regulations will be subject to the affirmative procedure before coming into force. Defra is working with all relevant stakeholders to communicate the requirement to dog breeders and owners beforehand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 209972 question first answered 17/10/2014 10:49:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering