Written question asked by Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 13 December 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 December 2024. It was answered by Daniel Zeichner (Labour) on Friday, 20 December 2024 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Cats: Imports

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cats were imported under the Balai Directive in each month of (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

Answer

Balai Cat Imports EU:

Month	2023	2024
Jan	216	253
Feb	310	267
Mar	270	256
Apr	179	224
May	164	165
Jun	170	196
Jul	194	166
Aug	197	222
Sep	253	287
Oct	282	290
Nov	261
Dec	287
Total	2,783	2,326

Balai Cat Imports ROW:

Month	2023	2024
Jan	306	254
Feb	304	292
Mar	372	251
Apr	331	279
May	321	346
Jun	377	314
Jul	278	332
Aug	289	307
Sep	338	292
Oct	190	293
Nov	316
Dec	259
Total	3,681	2,960

The EU data may include animals that have originated from a non-EU country but have travelled through an EU Border Control Post (BCP). The database records the EU BCP Country as the Country of Origin for these imports. The Rest of the World data will not include any animals that have arrived through an EU BCP.

This information is drawn from external IPAFF systems not directly controlled by the department.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 20053
Session: 2024-26
Subjects: EU law Imports Cats
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Cats: Imports

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