§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many copies of her Department's leaflet for travellers, 'Don't Bring Back More than You Bargained For', have been(a) published and (b) distributed; by what means the leaflets were distributed to travellers; and when the most recent distribution was. [103755]
§ Margaret Beckett545,000 copies of the 'Don't Bring Back More Than You Bargained For' leaflet have been printed.
In total 272,533 have been distributed to date, via various channels including: independent travel agents, travel retailers, airlines. airports, GPs surgeries, dentists, NHS hospitals, post offices, health clinics/day hospitals, health education units, public libraries, school/college/university libraries, Citizens Advice Bureaux, chemists, veterinary surgeries, environmental health officers, law centres/solicitors and the general public.
Copies of the leaflet continue to be available on request from Defra publications.
Leaflets are not the only method we are using to get the message across, for example we are advertising on 7 million ticket wallets for long haul destinations.
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many notices under Regulation 24, for the seizure of products of animal origin that have been illegally introduced, were issued in(a) 2000–01, (b) 2001–02, and (c) 2002–03. [103758]
§ Margaret BeckettDefra has been notified of the following seizures of products of animal origin under Regulation 24. Little or no data were available centrally prior to April 2001.
- 1 April 2001—31 March 2002: 2,078
- 1 April 2002—17 March 2003: 6,804