Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the status of the Post Implementation Review of the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011 is.

The Post Implementation Review (PIR) will evaluate the effectiveness of the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011. A public consultation to inform the review was conducted and responses published in June 2017. Defra is very grateful to all those who took the time to respond to this consultation. We intend to publish the review in the autumn.

Defra will also use the many comments made by respondents that directly related to the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 (the EU Pet Travel Scheme) to inform any future policy development regarding pet travel that may be undertaken as a consequence of the UK’s June 2016 decision to leave the European Union.