Question follow-through · 10708
Poultry: Animal Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support will be made available from Government to support a transition away from enriched cages.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support will be made available from Government to support a transition away from enriched cages.
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2026
Answer published
Under the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway, eligible poultry keepers have had access to capital grants to support the transition away from enriched cages. The Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare Grant, which closed to final applications on 28 April...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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