United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 11511
Pigs: Animal Welfare
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3 February 2020
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13 February 2020 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of growing pigs are (a) free range having been born outside with access to a field throughout life, (b) outdoor-reared having been born and reared outdoors
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3 February 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of growing pigs are (a) free range having been born outside with access to a field throughout life, (b) outdoor-reared having been born and reared outdoors
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13 February 2020
Answer
Defra does not hold statistics on how many pigs are reared outside or indoors. The terms free range, outdoor-reared and outdoor-bred are industry-owned marketing terms and Defra does not hold data on this type of information. To the best of our knowledge,...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-03/11511
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1175683
- uk · wq-1175683 · source updated 13 February 2020