Pet Travel Scheme: Cats
(asked on 14th December 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cats travelled to the UK under the Pet Travel Scheme via (a) sea, (b) tunnel and (c) air in each year between 2013 and 2022.
The total number of cats that travelled under the pet travel scheme is as follows:
Year | Air | Sea | Tunnel | Total |
2018 | 8,530 | 8,449 | 12,591 | 29,570 |
2019 | 9,776 | 9,764 | 12,767 | 32,307 |
2020 | 9,354 | 5,235 | 12,545 | 27,134 |
2021 | 11,445 | 5,928 | 11,768 | 29,141 |
2022 | 9,819 | 15,500 | 14,238 | 39,557 |
This is a summary of cats entering Great Britain under the Pet Travel Scheme via an approved route. It does not include pet animals that enter other parts of the UK (such as Northern Ireland or the Channel Islands) or pet animals that enter Great Britain from other parts of the UK. It does not include any animals that enter Great Britain under the Pet Travel Scheme from the Republic of Ireland (as these movements do not need to follow an approved route).
The data regarding the Pet Travel Scheme covers pets entering Great Britain and is based on information provided by checkers employed by approved carriers of pet animals.
We do not hold any data prior to 2018.