Question follow-through · 109067
Zoos: Charities
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many zoos are operating in the UK; and how many of these are not registered charities.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many zoos are operating in the UK; and how many of these are not registered charities.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2026
Answer published
In relation to zoos, Defra is responsible for the legislation that regulates the welfare and management of animals kept by zoos. Under the Zoo Licensing Act 1981, those collections of wild animals on exhibition in Britain that meet the appropriate criteri...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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