HC Deb 25 April 1996 vol 276 cc278-9W
Mr. Heppell

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farm animals have been exported, by species, from Britain for(a) further fattening and (b) slaughter in each year since 1989. [26431]

Mrs. Browning

The table shows total recorded exports of live farm animals by species, as recorded in the Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom. It is not possible to identify precisely whether the animals were exported for fattening or slaughter. However, the hon.

1,000 head 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 19941 19951
Bovines 330 352 400 429 445 480 429
Sheep 589 584 882 1,422 830 915 596
Goats 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Swine 115 108 293 379 150 176 190
Poultry 13,555 14,646 21,058 23,192 21,132 27,615 25,341
1 Data are provisional.