§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many exemptions have been granted 291W in each county to establishments keeping animals from provisions of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 in each year since 1982; and if he will state the reasons for these exemptions in respect of the last year for which figures are available.
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Avon — — 1 1 — — — — Cambridgeshire — — — — — — — 1 Cheshire — 1 — — — — — — Cornwall 5 5 1 — — — — — Derbyshire — — — 1 — — 1 — Devon — 3 3 — 1 1 — 1 Dorset — — 1 1 — — — — Essex — 3 2 1 — — — — Gloucestershire — 1 1 1 — — — — Hampshire — — 1 — — — — — Herefordshire — — 1 — — — — — Humberside — — 6 — — — — — Isle of Wight — 3 3 — — — — — Kent — 3 — — — — — — Lancashire — — 1 — — — — — Lincolnshire — 2 — — — — — — London 5 1 — — — — — — Greater Manchester — — — 4 — — — — Merseyside — 2 — — — — — — Middlesex — — 1 — — — — — Norfolk — 1 — 1 — 1 — — Northamptonshire — 2 1 — — — — — Nottinghamshire — — 1 — — — — — Northumberland — — 1 — — — — — Oxfordshire — — — — 1 — — — Somerset — 2 — — — — — — Staffordshire — — 1 — — — — — Suffolk — — — — — — 1 — Sussex — 1 — 2 — — — — Tyne and Wear — — 1 — — — — 1 Warwickshire — — 1 — — — — — West Midlands — 2 1 — 1 — — — Worcestershire — — — — — — — 1 Yorkshire — 3 1 3 1 1 — — No exemptions have been granted in 1992–1994. Exemptions from the Act are granted to collections which consist entirely of animals which are normally domesticated in Great Britain.
Establishments which have been granted exemptions are not considered to meet the definition of zoo within the meaning of the Act by virtue of the fact that wild animals are not being exhibited to the public.