FOI Request - Animal Welfare

Request 101002800075

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (‘the Act’) to please request the following information in relation to farm animal species only during the year of 2020:

1. Do you enforce farmed animal welfare legislation?
a. if not why? e.g. no farms, a different local authority does
b. if a different local authority enforces this legislation in your area, please inform us which one?

2. How many welfare complaints did you receive in relation to the following:
a. On-farm animal welfare;
b. Welfare at markets; and,
c. Welfare during transport?
d. Welfare at a border post?

3. How many welfare complaints did you investigate in relation to the following:
a. On-farm animal welfare;
b. Welfare at markets; and,
c. Welfare during transport?
d. Welfare at a border post?

4. How many prosecution proceedings did you commence for offences named in the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006?
a. Of those proceedings, how many resulted in a successful prosecution?

5. How many care notices did you serve under section 25 of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 for failures to comply with section 24 of that Act?

6. How many prosecution proceedings did you commence for offences named in Section 11 of the Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2010?
a. Of those proceedings, how many resulted in a successful prosecution?

7. How many compliance notices were issued by your inspectors for failures to comply with the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Regulations 2006?

8. How many prosecution proceedings did you commence for offences named in the Welfare of Animals at Markets Order 1990?
a. Of those proceedings, how many resulted in a successful prosecution?

9. How many individuals subject to any of the above enforcement action had previously committed an animal welfare offence?

10. How many people do you employ to carry out farm animal welfare inspections as part of their duties?
a. How many farm animal welfare inspections did they complete?

11. How many people do you employ to carry out enforcement of the Animal Health Act 1981 as part of their duties?

Response 10-06-2021

1. Yes

2.
a. 10
b. 5
c. 3
d. 0

3.
a. 10
b. 5
c. 3
d. 0

4. None
a. N/A

5. None

6. None
a. N/A

7. None

8. None
a. N/A

9. N/A

10. 2
a. 16

11. 2 dedicated animal health officers and a further 7 EHO’s that are authorised to carry out enforcement under the Act.