Written Question

Zoo Animals Fund

Monday 11th September 2023

Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Covid-19 Zoo Animal Fund.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

The Zoo Support Fund and subsequent Zoos Animal Fund were set up to help those zoos and aquariums most effected by the coronavirus pandemic. No formal assessments of the schemes have been carried out but both funds aimed to avoid unnecessary euthanasia of zoo animals due to income reductions and to preserve animal welfare.

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Written Question

Zoo Animals Fund

Monday 11th September 2023

Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Covid 19 Zoo Support Fund.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

The Zoo Support Fund and subsequent Zoos Animal Fund were set up to help those zoos and aquariums most effected by the coronavirus pandemic. No formal assessments of the schemes have been carried out but both funds aimed to avoid unnecessary euthanasia of zoo animals due to income reductions and to preserve animal welfare.

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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dec. 04 2023

Source Page: New legislation set to ban live animal exports
Document: Action Plan for Animal Welfare (PDF)

Found: The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has put a spotlight on animal welfare.

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Westminster Hall
Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill - Mon 05 Dec 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (CON - Carshalton and Wallington) That includes removing the exemption under the definition of zoos that means wild animals exhibited in - Speech Link
2: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) , who are members of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums. - Speech Link
3: Lisa Cameron (SNP - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) He spoke about the importance of zoos and his important work on the Ivory Bill. - Speech Link
4: Mark Spencer (CON - Sherwood) There was no mention of coronavirus in the Conservative party manifesto of 2019, because we did not know - Speech Link

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Departmental Publication (Statistics)
HM Treasury

Jul. 20 2023

Source Page: HM Treasury: 2023 COVID-19 Cost Tracker update
Document: (Excel)

Found: the figures in the two columns to the left.ID2Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan SchemeActiveThe Coronavirus

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Non-Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
HM Revenue & Customs

Mar. 23 2023

Source Page: Budget 2021: Overview of tax legislation and rates (OOTLAR)
Document: Budget: Overview of tax legislation and rates (OOTLAR) (PDF)

Found: Employer reimbursed coronavirus antigen tests The reimbursement of the cost of a relevant coronavirus

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Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Animals in Science Committee

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: The future of futures: participatory futures research in the ASC
Document: Annex 2: ASC futures workshop horizon scan slide pack (PDF)

Found: Research in 2019 (before the coronavirus pandemic) showed that the public cited climate change as the

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