FOI Request - Animal Health and Welfare Enforcement

Request 101002996013

1) How many Trading Standards Officers in your Local Authority (by FTE) in each of the following years: 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2018,2019,2020,2021?

2) How many Trading Standards Officers hold qualifications in Animal Health and Welfare for these years?

3) Number of full-time equivalent animal health qualified staff working on Animal Health And Welfare Enforcement in your Local Authority for these years?

4) How many premises with an animal health & welfare inspection risk were there in your Local Authority for these years? (How many of these were farms?)

5) How many complaints or referrals relating to animal health and welfare were received for these years?

6) How many farm inspections/visits did your Local Authority carry out in each of these years? (If possible, please split between Random, risk-based, compliance-based and targeted inspections (or other please specify) )

7) How many of these inspections were found to be non-compliant and required some remedial action in each of these years?

8) How many of the following enforcement actions were taken in each of these years: advice, warnings, prosecution (or other please specify)?

If it does not exceed the time limit, please also provide the following:
9) Trading Standards Service budget for these years and if available the budget for animal health and welfare in these years

Response 09-03-2022

1. Number of Trading Standards Officers per year requested:

2007: 4
2008: 4
2009: 4
2010: 4
2011: 4
2012: 4
2013: 4
2018: 2
2019: 2
2020: 2
2021: 2

2) Moray Council Trading Standards do not enforce Animal Health and Welfare, so this is a NIL response. 

3. See Q2 above.

4 - 8) Please see document located here.