Animal Welfare: Disqualification Orders
(asked on 24th April 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many disqualification orders issued under section 34 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 have been breached in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
The number of offenders found guilty of breaches of animal disqualification orders in England and Wales from 2012 to 2016 can be viewed in the table below.
Court proceedings data for 2017 is planned for publication in May 2018.
Offenders found guilty at all courts of breaches of animal disqualification orders (1), England and Wales, 2012 to 2016 (2)(3) | ||||
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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73 | 102 | 81 | 68 | 54 |
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(1) An offence under S34(9) Animal Welfare Act 2006 | ||||
(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. | ||||
(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when this data is used. | ||||
Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.