Question follow-through · 3560

Animal Products: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of consignments of products of animal-origin were taken, after being flagged, from Dover to the Border Control Post in Sevington from December 2025 to May 2026.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
15 Jun 2026 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of consignments of products of animal-origin were taken, after being flagged, from Dover to the Border Control Post in Sevington from December 2025 to May 2026.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Checks at the border are intelligence-led and based on biosecurity risk. To protect the integrity of these controls, detailed operational data on inspections is not routinely published. Data is not held in the form requested. Available data relates to whe...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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