Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many slaughterhouses were registered with the Food Standards Agency in 2023.

The Food Standards Agency has regulatory responsibility for approving slaughterhouses in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. During 2023, the agency approved two new slaughterhouses. The number of approved slaughterhouses at the end of 2023 was 243.