Livestock: Disease Control

Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many convictions there were for non-compliance with requirements on cleansing and disinfecting livestock vehicles in each of the last five years.

Jonathan Shaw
Over the last five years, the numbers of successful prosecutions resulting from non-compliance with cleansing and disinfecting requirements for all vehicles, including road, air and sea, are as follows:

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|    |Number of Convictions|
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|2003|1                    |
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|2004|2                    |
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|2005|4                    |
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|2006|4                    |
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|2007|2                    |
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