{"id": 1228084, "name": "Number of eggs from hens in barns", "unit": "eggs", "createdAt": "2026-04-29T11:55:18.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-04-29T11:55:18.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1996-2025", "datasetId": 7810, "shortUnit": "", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "number_of_eggs_from_hens_in_barns", "catalogPath": "grapher/animal_welfare/2026-04-28/eggs_and_hens_statistics/eggs_and_hens_statistics#number_of_eggs_from_hens_in_barns", "descriptionProcessing": "Data for 2006-2011 was suppressed in the 2026 release of UK egg statistics. Values from an earlier 2023 release were used to fill this gap.", "type": "int", "datasetName": "Eggs and hens statistics", "datasetVersion": "2026-04-28", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "eggs", "numDecimalPlaces": 0}, "schemaVersion": 2, "presentation": {"topicTagsLinks": ["Animal Welfare"]}, "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1996}, {"id": 1997}, {"id": 1998}, {"id": 1999}, {"id": 2000}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 2002}, {"id": 2003}, {"id": 2004}, {"id": 2005}, {"id": 2006}, {"id": 2007}, {"id": 2008}, {"id": 2009}, {"id": 2010}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 2023}, {"id": 2024}, {"id": 2025}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 1, "name": "United Kingdom", "code": "GBR"}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 14408, "title": "UK egg statistics", "description": "Defra runs a quarterly voluntary survey of 27 registered UK egg packing stations, covering around 75% of eggs packed in the UK, with a response rate of typically 100 per cent. It collects data on egg throughput by production type (enriched cage, barn, free range, organic), which are used to estimate UK-level figures.", "producer": "Defra", "citationFull": "Quarterly UK statistics on Egg Packing Station Throughput and Prices, by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom.", "urlMain": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/egg-statistics", "urlDownload": "https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6970a7d92b64f0e8c32e33e5/Packer_shell_egg_dataset_20260122.ods", "dateAccessed": "2026-04-16", "datePublished": "2026-01-22", "license": {"url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/", "name": "OGL v3.0"}}, {"id": 14412, "title": "UK egg statistics", "description": "The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom (Defra) runs a quarterly survey of registered UK egg packing stations. It is a voluntary sample survey of 27 respondents that collects information on throughput by production type and prices of graded eggs and sales of ungraded eggs. The response rate is typically 100 per cent and the survey accounts for 75 per cent of eggs packed in the UK. The survey figures are raised up to give UK estimates using information on the number of commercial laying hens, average egg yields, average mortality rates, the proportion of UK eggs that go through packing stations. Throughput by egg type for packing stations not surveyed is calculated using data provided by packing stations responding to the survey.\n", "producer": "Defra", "citationFull": "Quarterly UK statistics on Egg Packing Station Throughput and Prices, by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom.\n", "urlMain": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/egg-statistics", "urlDownload": "https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1173898/egg-packers-27july23.ods", "dateAccessed": "2023-08-01", "datePublished": "2023-07-27", "license": {"url": "https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1173898/egg-packers-27july23.ods", "name": "Public domain"}}]}