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Question

I wish to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Please could you provide me with the following information 1) How many farm animal welfare inspections/visits did your Local Authority carry out in 2010 and 2020? (If possible, please split between proactive and reactive visits) and what was the outcome of these inspections/visits? Ie were breaches detected and what action was taken by your Local Authority? 2) The amount of resource applied to animal health and welfare in these years, and the number of dedicated animal health and welfare staff in your Local Authority (by FTE) in 2010 & 2020? 3) The number & type of cattle held by registered cattle holdings (ie holdings with a County Parish Holding number) in your Local Authority. Please could you also specify the nature of each holding, ie dairy farm, beef farm, abattoir, market etc 4) The details of any planning applications made by dairy farms, either for new dairy establishments, or expansion of existing establishments, made in 2019 or 2020. In particular the number of cows to be held, and the nature of the housing system for the cows, (ie permanent indoors housing, v. summer grazing with winter indoor housing) I would be grateful if you could confirm via e-mail that you have received this request. If you require any further information or clarification, please contact me on 07881 957 900, or my email address davina.bristow@firecrestfilms.com I understand that under the Freedom of Information Act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 working days. But if you do not hold any of the above information then I could be very grateful if you could let me know as soon as possible. If obtaining the information I require is likely to incur a fee, then I would also be grateful if you could warn me about this before proceeding.

Answer

1) 1) How many farm animal welfare inspections/visits did your Local Authority carry out in 2010 and 2020? 2) (If possible, please split between proactive and reactive visits) 2010 – information unavailable due to change of database used by Local Authority. 2020 – 0 (zero) 3) what was the outcome of these inspections/visits? Not applicable, no visits. a. were breaches detected and what action was taken by your Local Authority? Not applicable, no visits. 4) 2) The amount of resource applied to animal health and welfare in these years, and the number of dedicated animal health and welfare staff in your Local Authority (by FTE) in 2010 & 2020? 2010 – Resource: financial info unavailable Staff: 0.5 2020 – Resource: financial info unavailable Staff: 0.15 5) 3) The number & type of cattle held by registered cattle holdings (i.e. holdings with a County Parish Holding number) in your Local Authority. Please could you also specify the nature of each holding, i.e. dairy farm, beef farm, abattoir, market etc This specific information is not kept by this Local Authority, we know what holdings are in our area and these are simply registered on the Local Authority database as “Farms” (56), and one abattoir. Exact numbers and types of different animals, whether cattle, sheep, pigs or other, are not recorded by Local Authority. Information may be available from other sources such as the Welsh Government, Rural Payments Wales, EID or BCMS. 4) The details of any planning applications made by dairy farms, either for new dairy establishments, or expansion of existing establishments, made in 2019 or 2020. In particular the number of cows to be held, and the nature of the housing system for the cows, (i.e. permanent indoors housing, v. summer grazing with winter indoor housing) No dairy farms in Merthyr Tydfil, it is a hill farming area.