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registered interest
date	04/09/2020
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: 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 Intra-Trade Animal Health Certificates were issued for dogs entering the UK in each month from June 2020 to August 2020; and how many dogs were imported under PETS in the same period.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	85115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The number of Intra-Trade Animal Health Certificates (ITAHCs) issued for dogs entering the UK in June 2020 was 3,967, in July 2020 was 4,850 and in August 2020 was 3,916.</p><p> </p><p>The data for ITAHCs was extracted from the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) by searching for imports of canis familiaris. These figures cover all commercially imported dogs including commercial puppies, rescue dogs, research dogs and unaccompanied pets.</p><p> </p><p>TRACES is a European Commission system employed by EU member states to facilitate and record animal movements into and throughout the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The number of dogs entering Great Britain under the Pet Travel Scheme in June 2020 was 7,423 and in July 2020 was 5,423. Data for the number of dogs entering Great Britain in August 2020 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>The data regarding the Pet Travel Scheme is based on information provided by checkers employed by approved carriers of pet animals.</p><p> </p><p>This information is based on information provided by third party pet checkers and importers, exporters and authorities in EU countries recording data on the TRACES system. Figures may be amended as third parties submit new data.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/09/2020 13:14:59 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1229044

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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: 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 estimate he has made of the number of dogs in the last 10 per cent of their pregnancy that have been illegally brought into the UK in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	81937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) only holds records of pregnant dogs where other non-compliances were found at time of interception on entry to Great Britain. APHA does not record details of compliant animals which were pregnant at time of interception.</p><p> </p><p>According to APHA records, eight dogs were seized in 2020 under Council Regulation (EC) no 1/2005, Annex I, FITNESS FOR TRANSPORT, Chapter I, 2(c) ‘pregnant females for whom 90% or more of the expected gestation period has already passed’. An additional 11 pregnant bitches not in their last 10% were seized in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 82454 question first answered 03/09/2020 15:47:14 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1229442

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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: 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 estimate he has made of the number of pregnant dogs illegally imported into the UK in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	82454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) only holds records of pregnant dogs where other non-compliances were found at time of interception on entry to Great Britain. APHA does not record details of compliant animals which were pregnant at time of interception.</p><p> </p><p>According to APHA records, eight dogs were seized in 2020 under Council Regulation (EC) no 1/2005, Annex I, FITNESS FOR TRANSPORT, Chapter I, 2(c) ‘pregnant females for whom 90% or more of the expected gestation period has already passed’. An additional 11 pregnant bitches not in their last 10% were seized in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 81937 question first answered 03/09/2020 15:47:14 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1198833

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2020 to Question 46162 on Dogs: Imports, how many Intra-Trade Animal Health Certificates were issued for dogs entering the UK in each month from February 2019 to May 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	52515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) is a European Commission system employed by EU member states to facilitate and record animal and animal product movements into and throughout the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The below data regarding the number of Intra-Trade Animals Health Certificates (ITAHCs) issued for dogs entering the UK was extracted from TRACES.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ITAHCs issued</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>2037</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>2393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>1895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>2244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-19</p></td><td><p>1929</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-19</p></td><td><p>2081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-19</p></td><td><p>1954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-19</p></td><td><p>2623</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-19</p></td><td><p>3244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-19</p></td><td><p>2287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-19</p></td><td><p>2025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-20</p></td><td><p>2580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-20</p></td><td><p>2373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>1321</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-20</p></td><td><p>660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-20</p></td><td><p>3220</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 08/06/2020 16:39:47 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill