§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many horses were exported from the United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are available. [169882]
§ Alun MichaelComputer based systems relating to export health certification from the UK show that during 2003 export health certificates for 733 horses were issued to non-EU destinations and for 8,478 horses to ED destinations. These figures include horses in transit from non-EU countries to EU Member States and animals exported temporarily from the UK for competition purposes. The figures exclude the movement of certain horses to France and Ireland which under a Tripartite Agreement do not require export health certification.