Ritual Slaughter
Commons · Question 83596 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of animals were slaughtered without being stunned for the production of Halal meat in the UK in each year since 2005.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 24 Oct 2025
UK data regarding the number or proportion of animals slaughtered using the halal method without prior stunning is not collected. The Food Standards Agency carries out a periodic slaughter sector survey in England and Wales, which started in 2011. The lat...