Question follow-through · 57806
Dogs: Tagging
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the microchipping database system in reuniting dogs with their owners.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Jun 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 microchipping database system in reuniting dogs with their owners.
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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12 Jun 2025
Answer published
Pet microchipping policy is a devolved matter. In 2021, Defra carried out a post implementation review of the Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015. This review concluded that microchipping had had a positive effect on reunification rates and w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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