Question follow-through · 103493
Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written answer 100620 of 6 Jan 2025 on Slaughterhouses, how many slaughterhouses were subject to more than one enforcement action for animal welfare breaches in each of the last fiv
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 6 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2026 · 23 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written answer 100620 of 6 Jan 2025 on Slaughterhouses, how many slaughterhouses were subject to more than one enforcement action for animal welfare breaches in each of the last fiv
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2026
Answer published
Approved slaughterhouses may use any legally compliant slaughter method. They are not required to notify the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in advance of the method to be used. Many establishments alternate between stunned and non‑stunned slaughter to meet d...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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