The Government is aware of systems in place in other European Union countries, whereby surveillance of antibiotic consumption is undertaken by livestock industries, in collaboration with vets. However, in the United Kingdom data are collected on the sale of veterinary antimicrobials. Furthermore, Europe is aiming to harmonise collection and reporting all these data through the European Surveillance of Veterinary Antimicrobial Consumption. Data collection and usage will also form part of the implementation of the UK Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy, which will be published shortly.