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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the total value of fish (a) imports and (b) exports to and from (i) other countries inside and (ii) outside the EU in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the total value of fish (a) imports and (b) exports to and from (i) other countries inside and (ii) outside the EU in each of the last 10 years.
The information requested on the total value of trade in fish and fish products (excluding fish oils, fish flour and meals) taken from the information collected by HM Revenue and Customs is given in the table below, for the ten years of 2006 to 2015 inclusive. Comparable data for trade in 2016 is not yet available.
Value of UK trade in fish and fish products (£million - exc. Fish oils and fish flour and meals)
| Imports into the UK From: | Exports from the UK to: | ||||
| EU | Non-EU | Total imports | EU | Non-EU | Total exports |
2006 | 556.1 | 1365.5 | 1921.6 | 790.9 | 153.0 | 943.9 |
2007 | 621.7 | 1372.2 | 1993.9 | 805.8 | 176.3 | 982.0 |
2008 | 665.4 | 1544.6 | 2210.1 | 824.8 | 184.7 | 1009.4 |
2009 | 644.5 | 1532.7 | 2177.2 | 899.6 | 266.5 | 1166.1 |
2010 | 699.0 | 1555.7 | 2254.7 | 1010.8 | 335.0 | 1345.7 |
2011 | 802.9 | 1755.7 | 2558.6 | 1054.6 | 409.4 | 1463.9 |
2012 | 799.0 | 1771.0 | 2570.0 | 937.4 | 406.5 | 1343.9 |
2013 | 848.8 | 1908.2 | 2757.0 | 972.1 | 488.2 | 1460.3 |
2014 | 849.1 | 1888.7 | 2737.8 | 1014.2 | 552.0 | 1566.3 |
2015 | 842.6 | 1830.4 | 2673.0 | 921.1 | 416.3 | 1337.3 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of import permits granted in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of import permits granted in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
Year | Licences Issued |
2013 | 2333 |
2014 | 1998 |
2015 | 2247 |
The figures above relate to licences/authorisations issued by the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s (APHA) Centre for International Trade – Imports.
Trade from the EU in furs/skins does not require APHA documentation and can move on commercial documentation.
Our data retention policy stipulates that we only hold three years’ worth of data hence why we have not provided data for five years as requested.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) type of animal furs and skins which were imported for sale in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) type of animal furs and skins which were imported for sale in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is not able to specify the number / reason for the import i.e. onward sale or further processing etc. but can supply type and weight:
Raw furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, suitable for furriers' use)
Date | Weight |
2011 | 0 |
2012 | 44 kilos |
2013 | 0 |
2014 | 55 kilos |
2015 | 7 kilos |
Hides and Skins
Date | Weight |
2011 | 947564 kilos |
2012 | 675228.8 kilos |
2013 | 61011 kilos |
2014 | 514835.4 kilos |
2015 | 81864 kilos |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) type of animal furs and skins which were seized after being imported illegally in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) type of animal furs and skins which were seized after being imported illegally in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) do not hold this data. APHA are a Regulatory body and have no statutory powers to seize illegally imported consignments which would fall to the Local Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2016 to Question 55450, if she will publish the reasons why the Animal and Plant Health Agency refused to grant import permits in those cases; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2016 to Question 55450, if she will publish the reasons why the Animal and Plant Health Agency refused to grant import permits in those cases; and if she will make a...
Further to PQ 55450, the reasons for refusal to grant import permits are as follows:
9 applications were refused because APHA asked for additional information regarding the specimens. As there was no response from applicant the applications were closed and refused.
2 applications were refused because of irregularities surrounding the weight of the specimens (tusks).
1 application was withdrawn and therefore formally refused.
1 application refused as a permit was not required for the requested activity. Personal effects derogation applied.
7 applications refused because imports to the EU of ivory from the source specified in the application is prohibited.
20 applications refused because they were retrospective.
1 application refused as APHA could not be satisfied the specimen was pre-convention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2016 to Question 53336, what estimate she has made of the total value of ivory imports for which import permits were issued in each of the last five years; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2016 to Question 53336, what estimate she has made of the total value of ivory imports for which import permits were issued in each of the last five years; and if...
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) does not hold information on the total value of ivory imports for which import permits were issued in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of requests for the importation of ivory which have been rejected in the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of requests for the importation of ivory which have been rejected in the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
Import permits for bringing ivory into the UK are managed on behalf of Defra by the Animal and Plant Health Agency. The number of permits refused in the last five years is shown below:
Ivory Type | Number of import permits refused |
Tusks | 7 |
Carvings | 34 |
On the 21 September 2016 the Secretary of State, announced plans for a ban on sales of modern day ivory – ivory that is less than 70 years old - putting UK rules on ivory sales among the world’s toughest.
The Government will consult on plans for the ban early next year, seeking views from conservationists, traders and other relevant parties to ensure clear rules and guidance for those operating within the law, while cracking down on illegal sales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2016 to Question 53336, what information her Department collects for the purpose of issuing import permits; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2016 to Question 53336, what information her Department collects for the purpose of issuing import permits; and if she will make a statement.
Import permit evidence is supplied to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) by customers in accordance with the requirements of EC CITES Regulation 338/97 and 865/06. Each application received at APHA is considered on its own individual merits.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/355267/cites-gn1a.pdf
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the level of ivory imports to the UK in the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the level of ivory imports to the UK in the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
Import permits for bringing ivory into the UK are managed on behalf of Defra by the Animal and Plant Health Agency. The number of permits issued in the last five years is shown below:
Ivory Type | Import Type | Number of permits issued |
Raw tusks | Hunting trophies | 33 |
Raw tusks | Personal use | 7 |
Raw tusks | Educational use | 2 |
Carvings | Commercial use | 1203 |
Carvings | Personal use | 60 |
Carvings | Exhibitions | 163 |
Carvings | Educational use | 3 |
Ivory pieces | Enforcement | 1 |
The figures supplied above refer to permits that have been ‘returned used’, which is a confirmed import to the UK and will be different from the ‘permits issued’. It is not uncommon for permits to be issued and never returned either ‘used’ or ‘un-used’.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the exchange rate on future energy imports; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the exchange rate on future energy imports; and if he will make a statement.
Departmental officials advise that exchange rates are one of the factors which influence future energy imports and their cost. For example, the cost of importing gas is also affected by the availability and cost of a range of gas supplies, infrastructure constraints and global and regional demand. The cost of importing electricity to the UK through its interconnectors with other European countries is also influenced by the electricity generation mix in Europe, by gas, coal and carbon prices and by the level of electricity demand in the UK and other European countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for phytosanitary certification measures for the importation of plant material after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for phytosanitary certification measures for the importation of plant material after the UK leaves the EU.
We recognise that the UK’s exit from the EU may have implications for the way in which current UK plant health services operate, including phytosanitary certification on imports, quarantine measures to mitigate the highest risk pests and diseases, and plant passporting.
We are considering the implications and possible options as part of our planning for, and negotiations on, the UK’s exit.
Continuing to deliver a risk-based, proportionate plant health regime that effectively protects the UK from plant pests and diseases, whilst maximising the free movement of goods, remains of the highest priority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2016 to Question 42023, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of exchange rate fluctuations following the EU referendum on the (a) cost to the UK of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2016 to Question 42023, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of exchange rate fluctuations following the EU referendum on the (a) cost to the UK of...
The Department has not made an assessment of the potential effect of exchange rate fluctuations on the levels or cost to the UK of imported energy following the EU referendum.
It is too early to speculate on any resulting medium and long-term exchange rate fluctuations. Furthermore, exchange rates are only one of the factors that will influence volumes and costs of imported energy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2016 to Question 41418, whether she plans to start making projections of the cost of energy imports by the UK; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2016 to Question 41418, whether she plans to start making projections of the cost of energy imports by the UK; and if she will make a statement.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not currently have plans to produce projections of the cost of energy imports by the UK.
The government is committed to making sure consumers have secure, affordable and clean energy. Keeping the cost of energy imports low will be important in helping achieve this goal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2016 to Question 40363, what estimate she has made of the cost of energy imports by the UK in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2016 to Question 40363, what estimate she has made of the cost of energy imports by the UK in each of the next five years.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) does not produce projections of the cost of energy imports by the UK. The latest available estimate of the cost of UK energy imports is for the year 2015, valued at £37.9 billion.[1] Future costs of energy imports will depend on the volumes traded and also on fuel prices, which are inherently uncertain.
[1] The Office for National Statistics publishes estimates of the value of trade according to internationally agreed classifications (SITC), with category 3 comprising most energy products (coal, crude oil, oil products, gas and electricity). This data is republished by DECC in table G7 of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), and shows estimates of the value of energy trade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the cost of energy imports by the UK in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the cost of energy imports by the UK in each of the last five years.
The Office for National Statistics publishes estimates of the value of trade according to internationally agreed classifications (SITC), with category 3 comprising most energy products (coal, crude oil, oil products, gas and electricity). This data is republished by DECC in table G7 of DUKES, and shows estimates of the value of energy trade. The table is reproduced below:
£billion
Year | Imports | Exports | Net imports |
2011 | 61.8 | 42.7 | 19.1 |
2012 | 65.3 | 43.7 | 21.6 |
2013 | 61.5 | 42.7 | 18.7 |
2014 | 53.0 | 36.0 | 17.0 |
2015 | 37.9 | 24.0 | 13.9 |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many primates were imported into the UK for scientific research purposes in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many primates were imported into the UK for scientific research purposes in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
The Home Office have previously published data on the numbers of non-human primates imported and used for scientific research in PQs 222873 (05 Feb 2015), 182703 (20 Jan 2014), 80687 (22 Nov 2011) and 76262 (25 October 2011). The numbers of non-human primates imported into the UK for scientific research were: 2,071 in 2010; 1,771 in 2011; and, 1,557 in 2012. This data was gathered from information supplied by project licence holders when requesting permission to import.
On 1 January 2013, the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 was amended to transpose European Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. The amended legislation has no requirement to request prior permission to import non-human primates acquired from overseas breeding centres. Therefore, the Home Office does not hold the information requested for 2013 and 2014. The published Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals in Great Britain provide information on the sources of non-human primates used in experimental procedures for 2013 and 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate her Department has made of the value of biomass imported for the purposes of power generation in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate her Department has made of the value of biomass imported for the purposes of power generation in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
DECC holds data, obtained from HMRC, on the imports of fuel wood products, including: wood, wood pellets, wood chips, sawdust and wood waste. The vast majority of wood pellets are used for the purpose of electricity generation in large biomass plants. However, this may not be the case for other fuel wood products. This is summarised in the table below:
Value of imports (£million) | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Wood pellets | 68 | 129 | 185 | 412 | 545 |
Other fuel wood products (wood, wood chips, sawdust, wood waste) | 9 | 10 | 13 | 15 | |
All fuel wood products | 68 | 138 | 195 | 425 | 560 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what species of non-domestic mammals have been imported to the UK from (a) within and (b) outside the EU in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what species of non-domestic mammals have been imported to the UK from (a) within and (b) outside the EU in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
The number and species of non-domestic mammals imported from within and outside the EU since 2010 are available in the following table;
EU Imports | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 (to 25 Nov) |
Artiodactyla (Hoofed animals) | 263 | 218 | 100 | 307 | 298 |
Carnivora excluding domestic cats, dogs and ferrets | 53 | 82 | 252 | 173 | 171 |
Cetaceans (marine mammals) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Chiroptera (bats) | 0 | 2 | 114 | 4 | 0 |
Dasyuromorphia (carnivorous marsupials) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Diprotodontia (marsupials) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 |
Hyracoidea (herbivorous mammals) | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Insectivora (mammals such as hedgehogs) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
Lagomorpha (hares, rabbits) * | 2743 | 3840 | 7309 | 9571 | 10255 |
Macroscelidaes (shrew-like animals) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
EU Imports | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 (to 25 Nov) |
Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates such as tapirs) | 23 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 18 |
Pinnipedae (marine mammals such as seals) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Primates | 222 | 248 | 165 | 388 | 230 |
Proboscidea (trunked mammals such as elephants) | 1 | 3 | 301 | 2 | 1 |
Rodentia* (rodents) | 32781 | 18985 | 12083 | 18604 | 18437 |
Tubulidentae (aadvarks) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Xenarthra (ant eaters) | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
Total | 36107 | 23412 | 20363 | 31124 | 29444 |
Outside EU Imports | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Primates | 1937 | 1601 | 1479 | 1601 | 1612 |
Lagomorphs* (hares/ rabbits) | 872 | 4 | 38 | 348 | 184 |
Other | 1234 | 1549 | 3836 | 8034 | 16296 |
Total | 4043 | 3154 | 5353 | 9983 | 18092 |
* These figures could potentially include domestic animals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to collect information on whether animals imported from (a) inside and (b) outside the EU were bred in captivity or caught from the wild.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to collect information on whether animals imported from (a) inside and (b) outside the EU were bred in captivity or caught from the wild.
Under CITES, animal species which are imported into the UK from outside the EU must have an export certificate from the country of export stating whether that animal has been taken from the wild or is captive bred. Animals arriving from another EU Member State will only have such information if listed on Annex A (the highest level of protection) of Council Regulation 338/97 which implements CITES in the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what species of reptiles have been imported to the UK from outside the EU for the pet trade from 2010 that were (a) wild-caught and (b) captive-bred in each year since 2010; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what species of reptiles have been imported to the UK from outside the EU for the pet trade from 2010 that were (a) wild-caught and (b) captive-bred in each year since 2010; and if she...
The number of reptiles imported specifically for the pet trade is not available. Neither is information available on the type of reptiles imported from outside the EU or whether they were wild caught or captive bred.
The number of reptiles imported to the UK from outside the EU is as follows:
Year | Total |
2010 | 171,531 |
2011 | 151,715 |
2012 | 154,768 |
2013 | 129,592 |
2014 (to 18 Nov) | 92,628 |