Question follow-through · 22268
Zoos: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the safety of zoos.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the safety of zoos.
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Secretary of State’s Standards of Modern Zoo Practice (the Zoo Standards) set out, amongst other things, requirements which licensed zoos in England are expected to meet with regard to public and animal safety. Defra is currently working to update the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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