Horse Passports

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered am ar 19 Mawrth 2025.

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Photo of Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Ceidwadwyr

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to progress the implementation of a national digital equine identification system to ensure the traceability of all horses.

Photo of Baroness Hayman of Ullock Baroness Hayman of Ullock The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only.

The Government recognises the importance of the equine sector to the UK economy and of improving equine identification and traceability. We have no current plans to implement mandatory digital identification, but we remain in close touch with the industry to look at potential improvements.

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