Slaughterhouses (Hansard, 16 April 2002)

§ Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many animals of each species were slaughtered(a) for human consumption and (b) otherwise than for human consumption (i) at

Thousand head
	Species
	Cattle¹	Sheep	Pigs²	Solipeds and Equidae	Goats	Deer	Rabbits
2000
(a) For human consumption
(i) at registered low throughput slaughterhouses	28	190	73	0	1	2	46
(ii) at other registered slaughterhouses	2,036	18,000	11,462	11	7	88	0
(iii) elsewhere	⁷—	⁷—	7	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—
(b) Not for human consumption
(i) at registered low throughput slaughterhouses Rejected at slaughterhouse³	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—
(ii) at other registered slaughterhouses Over Thirty Month scheme	841	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—
Rejected at slaughterhouse³	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—
(iii) elsewhere⁴
Slaughtered due to swine fever	⁷—	⁷—	75	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—
Pig welfare disposal scheme	⁷—	⁷—	183	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—
2001
(a) For human consumption
(i) at registered low throughput slaughterhouse	25	200	6	0	1	1	37
(ii) at other registered slaughterhouses	1,746	12,105	9,51	10	10	53	0
(iii) elsewhere	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—
(b) Not for human consumption
(i) at registered low throughput slaughterhouses
Rejected at slaughterhouse³	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
(ii) at other registered slaughterhouses
Over Thirty Month scheme	511	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—
Rejected at slaughterhouse³	1	10	22	0	0	0	1
(iii) elsewhere⁴
Slaughtered due to FMD	592	3,392	141	⁷—	2	1	⁷—
Welfare disposal scheme^5,6	169	2,10	287	⁷—	⁷—	5	⁷—
¹Including bison
²Including wild boar.
³Data on animals rejected at the slaughterhouse for human consumption only collected by the Meat Hygiene Service for April 2001 onwards.
⁴Excludes animals disposed of on farm for which no reliable information is available.
⁵Includes light lambs.
⁶Data shown for deer are for deer, goats, llamas and others.
⁷Not applicable or not available.

Source:

Statistics (Commodities and Food) Division, Economics and Statistics Directorate, DEFRA 11 April 2002

Data on slaughterhouse throughputs provided by the Meat Hygiene Service.

Data on slaughterings under the Over Thirty Month scheme provided by the Rural Payments Agency