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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated total number of items in the UK which fall within the Ivory Bill's definition of pre-1947 items with low ivory content.

During the consultation on our ivory ban, we sought evidence from the antiques trade and others, including on the nature and number of items in the UK that are made of or contain ivory. However, the data available is limited and we are therefore unable to specify how many items fall under this exemption.

However, once the ban is in force, we will be publishing headline data on the number of exemption certificates that have been issued for each category of exemption.