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Re: To request information concerning enforcement of the laws governing the welfare of farmed animals. Terminology By ‘farmed animals’, we refer to animals intended for the food chain, raised on commercial premises. The premises referred to in this question are: • Farms keeping animals for commercial use • Livestock markets that sell and trade live animals • National and international border control posts • Vehicles transporting farmed animals for commercial purposes By ‘inspections’, we refer to on-site inspections conducted by Trading Standards or Animal Health and Welfare officers. Please could you provide the following information in relation to farmed animal species only during the period 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024: 1. Do you enforce famed animal welfare legislation? a. If the answer is no, please explain why e.g. no farms, a different local authority does etc. b. If a different local authority enforces this legislation in your area, please inform us which one? If your answer to question 1 is ‘no’, please do not respond to the below questions. 2. How many of each of the following in your jurisdiction were inspected one or more times? a. Farms; b. Markets; c. Borders; and d. Transport vehicles. For the avoidance of doubt, if the same premise was inspected more than once, it should only be recorded once. 3. What was the total number of inspections that were conducted in your jurisdiction at the following premises? a. Farms; b. Markets; c. Borders; and d. Transport vehicles. Please note that this question refers to the total number of inspections, not premises inspected. Therefore, the numbers can include situations where multiple inspections took place on the same premise. 4. How many of these inspections found non-compliance with animal welfare law at the following premises? a. Farms; b. Markets; c. Borders; and d. Transport Vehicles. 5. Please list whether an official improvement notice was issued on each of the occasions an inspection revealed non-compliance at each of the following: a. Farms; b. Markets; c. Borders; d. Transport vehicles. 6. Please list whether a prosecution was commenced on each of the occasions an inspection revealed non-compliance at each of the following: a. Farms; b. Markets; c. Borders; and d. Transport Vehicles. 7. How many welfare complaints did you receive in relation to the following: a. On-farm animal welfare; b. Welfare at markets; and, c. Welfare during transport d. Welfare at a border post 8. Of the above complaints, how many led to an on-site inspection? a. On-farm animal welfare; b. Welfare at markets; c. Welfare during transport; and d. Welfare at border posts. 9. How many prosecution proceedings did you commence for offences named in the Animal Welfare Act 2006 or the Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) Regulations 2007? 10. How many improvement notices did you serve under section 10 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 for failures to comply with section 9(1) of that Act? 11. How many compliance notices were issued by your inspectors for failures to comply with the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Wales) Order 2007? 12. How many prosecution proceedings did you commence for offences named in the Welfare of Animals at Markets Order 1990? 13. How many individuals subject to any of the above enforcement actions had previously been convicted of an animal welfare offence? 14. What is your body’s annual budget for farmed animal welfare enforcement? If you do not have a separate budget, please could you provide the budget for Trading Standards. 15. How many people do you employ to carry out farmed animal welfare inspections as part of their duties? If possible, please provide the response in FTE (Full time equivalent).

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Re: To request information concerning enforcement of the laws governing the welfare of farmed animals. Please could you provide the following information in relation to farmed animal species only during the period 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024: 1. Do you enforce famed animal welfare legislation? YES a. If the answer is no, please explain why e.g. no farms, a different local authority does etc. b. If a different local authority enforces this legislation in your area, please inform us which one? If your answer to question 1 is ‘no’, please do not respond to the below questions. 2. How many of each of the following in your jurisdiction were inspected one or more times? a. Farms; 7 b. Markets; None in area c. Borders; None in area and d. Transport vehicles. Zero For the avoidance of doubt, if the same premise was inspected more than once, it should only be recorded once. 3. What was the total number of inspections that were conducted in your jurisdiction at the following premises? a. Farms; 7 b. Markets; None in area c. Borders; None in area and d. Transport vehicles. Zero Please note that this question refers to the total number of inspections, not premises inspected. Therefore, the numbers can include situations where multiple inspections took place on the same premise. 4. How many of these inspections found non-compliance with animal welfare law at the following premises? a. Farms; 0 b. Markets; NA c. Borders; NA and d. Transport Vehicles. None inspected 5. Please list whether an official improvement notice was issued on each of the occasions an inspection revealed non-compliance at each of the following: a. Farms; 0 b. Markets; NA c. Borders; NA d. Transport vehicles. None inspected 6. Please list whether a prosecution was commenced on each of the occasions an inspection revealed non-compliance at each of the following: a. Farms; 0 b. Markets; NA c. Borders; NA d. Transport vehicles. None inspected 7. How many welfare complaints did you receive in relation to the following: a. On-farm animal welfare; 1 b. Welfare at markets; NA c. Welfare during transport 24 (relate to APHA referrals, e.g. “Please see attached Annex 4, received by the One Health CSC, reporting WIT issues identified at point of slaughter: Dead on Arrival. Local Authority for slaughterhouse – FOR INFO ONLY. No signs of trauma reported by OV. These are then referred to local authorities for the point of origin and transporter for further investigation and/or recording) d. Welfare at a border post NA 8. Of the above complaints, how many led to an on-site inspection? a. On-farm animal welfare; 1 b. Welfare at markets; NA c. Welfare during transport; 0 and d. Welfare at border posts. NA 9. How many prosecution proceedings did you commence for offences named in the Animal Welfare Act 2006 or the Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) Regulations 2007? Zero 10. How many improvement notices did you serve under section 10 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 for failures to comply with section 9(1) of that Act? Zero 11. How many compliance notices were issued by your inspectors for failures to comply with the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Wales) Order 2007? Zero 12. How many prosecution proceedings did you commence for offences named in the Welfare of Animals at Markets Order 1990? Zero 13. How many individuals subject to any of the above enforcement actions had previously been convicted of an animal welfare offence? Zero 14. What is your body’s annual budget for farmed animal welfare enforcement? If you do not have a separate budget, please could you provide the budget for Trading Standards. 15. How many people do you employ to carry out farmed animal welfare inspections as part of their duties? If possible, please provide the response in FTE (Full time equivalent). Zero