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UIN 75512
Cats: Tagging
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5 September 2025
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of mandatory microchipping for cats over 20 weeks on the proportion of pets reunited with their owners in the event of a road traffic acciden
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5 September 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of mandatory microchipping for cats over 20 weeks on the proportion of pets reunited with their owners in the event of a road traffic acciden
Source: Commons
23 September 2025
Answer
From 10 June 2024, all owned cats in England over 20 weeks of age must be microchipped and registered on a compliant database. The legislation is intended to improve pet welfare by increasing the likelihood of reuniting lost or stray pets with their keepe...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-05/75512
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1832853
- uk · wq-1832853 · source updated 23 September 2025