S6W-20426: How many livestock inspections were undertaken by the Rural Payments and Inspections Division to "make sure cattle keepers are complying wi…

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how many livestock inspections were undertaken by the Rural Payments and Inspections Division to "make sure cattle keepers are complying with animal identification and traceability, and (where applicable) voluntary coupled support scheme legislation set by the United Kingdom and European Union" in the last five years, broken down by each of the regional offices, and how many years of records in total are covered by all of the inspections in this period.

The answer

Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 Aug 2023 · 26 days after it was lodged, on time

The number of Cattle Identification livestock inspections undertaken by the Scottish Government Rural Payments and Inspections Division on cattle keepers in the last five years is provided in the following table.
Cattle Identification Inspections (CII) undertaken in the last five years
SGRPID regional office
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
Total no. CIIs per AO
Number of years of records that are included in the inspections
Ayr
32
46
39
41
73
231
29
Benbecula
14
18
3
19
18
72
24
Dumfries
27
51
23
46
57
204
29
Elgin
13
16
9
20
16
74
26
Galashiels
24
35
13
38
47
157
28
Golspie
10
14
7
4
16
51
19
Hamilton
20
33
14
23
36
126
29
Inverness
24
29
10
23
50
136
26
Inverurie
52
67
42
72
90
323
28
Kirkwall
19
23
13
18
22
95
28
Lerwick
10
10
7
14
12
53
21
Oban
23
29
7
29
35
123
27
Perth
47
59
43
51
77
277
30
Portree
11
13
3
3
19
49
21
Stornoway
9
10
3
6
12
40
20
Thurso
20
23
14
25
29
111
26

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S6W-20426 by reference.