Livestock: Death
Commons · Question 16779 · Tabled 7 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Vikki Slade
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a requirement for farmed animal mortality data to be published on publicly accessible platforms.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 14 Jul 2026
ID and traceability regulations require keepers to report cattle deaths to the relevant government system and sheep and goat deaths in on-farm holding registers. At present there are no plans to publish farmed animal mortality data. Defra will, however, c...