HC Deb 26 March 1998 vol 309 cc270-3W
Mr. Paice

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many establishments are licensed for quarantine purposes for each species of animal; how many individual places they hold; and what was the throughput of each establishment in the last year for which information is held. [36392]

Mr. Rooker

The number of authorised quarantine premises in England together with the number of individual units they hold and the throughput of each premises in 1997 are set out in the table.

Name of Premises Cat units Dog units Other mammal units Throughput 1997
Alkhamhurst 20 none 6 35 cats
4 rabbits
4 ferrets
Animal Inn 23 26 4 36 cats
45 dogs
Arden Grange 30 71 none 37 cats
69 dogs
Barn Owl 45 15 4 44 cats
32 dogs
1 guinea pig
5 rabbits
1 rat
Bay ton Lodge none 18 none 39 dogs
Calagran 30 28 none 76 cats
59 dogs
Cayla 13 14 none 24 cats
32 dogs
Cherry Trees 31 none none 93 cats
Chingford 70 76 2 103 cats
99 dogs
2 ferrets
1 rabbit
Court Park 23 none none 66 cats
Devon International 19 20 none 44 cats
39 dogs
Dover and Fokestone 19 38 11 10 cats
32 dogs
1 ferret
Eyersdown 19 13 none 42 cats
27 dogs
Fairfield 23 25 13 cages 46 cats
64 dogs
3 rabbits
45 cats
90 dogs
Four-in-Hand 40 61 none 54 cats
66 dogs
Galley Hill 18 37 none 41 cats
68 dogs
Gatwick 12 20 none 29 cats
37 dogs

Name of Premises Cat units Dog units Other mammal units Throughput 1997
Granary none 35 none 82 dogs
Greenveldt 22 40 2 8 cats
10 dogs
Haxted 0 19 none 30 dogs
Hazel House 38 79 none 103 cats
165 dogs
Hearts 60 none none 50 cats
Highfield 22 none none 51 cats
Hill Farm 32 73 none 59 cats
131 dogs
Holmesley International none 10 none 1 dog
Ingfield Pet 24 24 none 41 cats
36 dogs
International 22 50 none 43 cats
63 dogs
Kat & Kitten 12 none none 31 cats
Kingstown 0 10 none 16 dogs
Kitcombe 58 106 none 98 cats
100 dogs
Knightwood 26 80 none 69 cats
171 dogs
Kynos 21 40 4 40 cats
83 dogs
Ladyhaye 48 35 none 127 cats
87 dogs
Little Acre 53 98 20 cages 154 cats
157 dogs
Little Creek 36 49 2 82 cats
81 dogs
3 rabbits
Loggerheads 18 20 none 42 cats
32 dogs
London 38 32 4 94 cats
and Essex 79 dogs
2 gerbils
4 guinea pigs
5 rabbits
Mayfield none 68 none 75 dogs
Meadpark none 30 none 9 dogs
Millview 12 28 none 26 cats
45 dogs
Moonwinds 22 32 1 50 cats
58 dogs
1 rabbit
Notts International 18 16 Small 65 cats
mammal 32 dogs
room 4 chinchilla
2 ferrets
4 rabbits

Name of Premises Cat units Dog units Other mammal units Throughput 1997
Oakenshaw Grange 0 44 none 50 dogs
Overhill 5 23 none 12 cats
52 dogs
Oxted 0 33 none 42 dogs
Par Air 30 53 none 64 cats
113 dogs
Precious Pets 28 50 none 50 cats
86 dogs
Raystede 8 15 none 12 cats
20 dogs
Red Lea 34 48 none 73 cats
84 dogs
Rushwood 27 53 none 89 cats
145 dogs
Rutland 13 20 none 2 dogs
Ryslip 19 64 none 42 cats
108 dogs
Sibthorpe 8 14 none 26 cats
36 dogs
South West UK 0 17 none 42 dogs
Spire Ridge 26 42 none 58 cats
70 dogs
St. Andrews 28 31 none 115 cats
47 dogs
St. Giles 21 34 none 48 cats
62 dogs
Sylvester's 0 21 none 66 cats
The Firs 24 24 none 51 cats
44 dogs
The Hollies 0 20 none 48 dogs
Thimbleby 0 10 none 19 dogs
Thornley Bank 12 42 none 26 cats
51 dogs
Top Hat 15 21 none 32 cats
46 dogs
UK Quarantine 35 60 none 67 cats
97 dogs
Wadacre 30 14 none 67 cats.
33 dogs
Westcourt 23 none none 74 cats
Wey Farm 29 47 3 66 cats
103 dogs
2 ferrets
1 rabbit
Widdial Park 0 11 none 19 dogs
Wild Acres 12 20 none none
Willowslea 79 102 10 203 cats
185 dogs
2 rabbits

Name of Premises Cat units Dog units Other mammal units Throughput 1997
Yorkshire International 17 35 none 52 cats
83 dogs
Total: 72 1,548 2,428 86 and 1 room 3,351 cats
4,028 dogs
29 rabbits
11 ferrets
5 guinea pigs
1 rat
2 gerbils
4 chinchilla

In addition there are 114 research premises and 49 zoological premises which import a variety of rabies susceptible mammals. The total throughput in 1997 was 16,119 in research premises and 290 in zoological premises.

Quarantine premises in Scotland and Wales are the responsibility of the respective Secretaries of State.