FOI request (FOIR-699742201)

Farmed Animal Welfare Enforcement

Requested Wed 26 March 2025
Responded Fri 28 March 2025

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding your local authority's responsibilities for enforcing farmed animal welfare legislation under the Official Controls Regulation (EU) 2017/625, which remains part of UK law.

Please provide the following information covering the years 2019 to 2024, broken down by year where possible:

1. The number of farmed animal welfare inspections conducted by your authority.

2. The number of cases of non-compliance identified as a result of those inspections.

3. The number of enforcement actions taken, including:

a. Improvement notices

b. Fixed penalty notices

c. Prosecutions

4. Whether the council has produced and published an annual enforcement report on farmed animal welfare as required under Article 11 of the Official Controls Regulation. If yes, please provide a copy or a link.

5. The number of formal welfare complaints related to farmed animals received by the council, and how many led to inspections.

6. The number of staff currently employed or contracted to carry out farmed animal welfare inspections or enforcement.

Response

Information not held.

This matter would be dealt with by East Sussex County Council Trading Standards, please visit their website for further information:

https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk