To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 28 February 2008, Official Report, column 1848W, on animals: diseases, what the animal health and welfare budget is for (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10 and (d) 2010-11. (192031)

The Animal Health and Welfare budget for 2007-08 is £404 million and the indicative figures for 2008-09 are £394 million. Detailed figures for 2009-10 and 2010-11 are not yet available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 28 February 2008, Official Report, column 1848W, on animals: diseases, what proportion of the £121 million reduction to his Department’s animal health and welfare budget will be made up of (a) efficiency savings and (b) transfers and charges. (192032)

Based on our current plans, we estimate that around two thirds of the annual saving of £121 million by 2010-11 should be achieved through efficiency savings, with the remaining third through transfers and charges.