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Poultry: Animal Welfare

Commons · Question 25218 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 7 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data the Department holds on mortality, lameness and culling rates in conventional broiler flocks in England in each of the last five years; and what steps the Department is takin

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 7 Sep 2026

The Government does not hold such data on lameness and culling rates in conventional broiler flocks in England. The government receives data from the Food Standards Agency on Cumulative Daily Mortality Rates (CDMR) for broiler chickens. The Average Yearly...