Question follow-through · 75512
Cats: Tagging
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of mandatory microchipping for cats over 20 weeks on the proportion of pets reunited with their owners in the event of a road traffic acciden
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 23 Sept 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of mandatory microchipping for cats over 20 weeks on the proportion of pets reunited with their owners in the event of a road traffic acciden
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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23 Sept 2025
Answer published
From 10 June 2024, all owned cats in England over 20 weeks of age must be microchipped and registered on a compliant database. The legislation is intended to improve pet welfare by increasing the likelihood of reuniting lost or stray pets with their keepe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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