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	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	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	Reindeer: 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 reindeer, in how many consignments and from which countries were imported into the UK in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	191857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of reindeer and the number of consignments imported into the UK in 2017 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>Number of consignments</p></td><td><p>Number of reindeer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency is not able to provide any data regarding the number of imports from third countries, as these are covered by a commodity code in TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System) which will not allow us to break the species down as far as reindeer for third country imports.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/11/2018 16:39:11 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1038966

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Reindeer: 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 reindeer in how many consignments and from which countries were imported into the UK in 2018; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	207150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of reindeer and the number of consignments imported into the UK in 2018 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country from</p></td><td><p>Consignments</p></td><td><p>Animals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 Total</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) are not able to provide any data regarding the number of imports from third countries, as these are covered by a commodity code in TRACES which will not allow us to break the species down as far as reindeer for third country imports.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/01/2019 14:28:41 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1064468

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	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	Reindeer: 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, from which countries UK imports of live reindeer have been suspended in light of the recent incidence of chronic wasting disease; and on what date each country’s suspension came into force.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	223996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>As a precautionary measure, in October 2016 the EU banned the import of live cervids from Norway, where the disease was first confirmed in Europe, and introduced safeguard measures to limit the seasonal movements of live cervids between certain regions of Norway, Finland and Sweden. Following the confirmation of the first case of chronic wasting disease in Finland in March 2018, the Finnish Government voluntarily introduced a ban on the export of live cervids.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will continue to implement EU controls on cervid imports following our departure from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 28/02/2019 14:29:50 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1081911

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	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	Reindeer: 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, in which month of 2018 the consignment of 31 reindeer was imported from Finland; who made the decision to permit the import of the reindeer; and whether the animals’ welfare was taken into account as part of that decision.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	227943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>An Intra-Trade Animal Health Certificate (ITAHC) was issued in February 2018 for the import of 31 reindeer from Finland to the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to permit the import would have been made by the certifying vet attesting that the animals to be imported complied with the health conditions of Article 4 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC on the ITAHC. The certifying vet would also have attested that the animals were transported in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/03/2019 16:51:43 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew