Slaughterhouses

(asked on 12th March 2018) - View Source

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

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many small and medium-sized abattoirs were in operation in the UK in each year from 2001 to 2017.


This question was answered on 26th March 2018

For each year between 2001 and 2017 the number of small and medium sized abattoirs fell. The data provided only covers Great Britain which account for the majority of abattoirs.

Abattoir numbers by size in Great Britain

Small

Medium

Large

Total

Total

Small and medium

2001

264

199

32

495

463

2002

249

189

33

471

438

2003

253

178

35

466

431

2004

241

176

35

452

417

2005

231

166

34

431

397

2006

217

154

39

410

371

2007

209

146

37

392

355

2008

199

139

41

379

338

2009

208

126

37

371

334

2010

199

126

35

360

325

2011

192

123

40

355

315

2012

192

126

36

354

318

2013

188

120

36

344

308

2014

176

117

39

332

293

2015

174

115

38

327

289

2016

182

110

39

331

292

2017

174

102

44

320

276

Source: Food Standards Agency

The data was sourced from the Food Standards Agency. The number of abattoirs in Scotland and Northern Ireland are held by Food Standards Scotland and the Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland do not hold data prior to 2008 so the figures provided are just for Great Britain.

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