To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the average time currently taken to process (a) red and (b) white meat export licences by Worcester Veterinary Field Service. [30565]
The State Veterinary Service's Service Standard for processing routine export health certificate is 5 working days from date of receipt of a fully completed application. The Department's computer records show that, in January, the average time from receipt of an application to dispatch of certificates to Local Veterinary Inspectors for red meat and poultry meat certificates in the Worcester Animal Health Office was as follows:
| Calendar days | |
| Average time for processing of red meat certificates | 10 |
| Average time for processing of white meat certificates | 0.06 |
Note:
The above figures are provisional and subject to amendment.
1 0 means all certificates dispatched on day of receipt of request.