Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many section 1 dogs have been exempted under section 4A or 4B of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in England in each year from 1997 to 2014.
The attached table shows the numbers of dogs added to the Index of Exempted Dogs under section 4A and 4B of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 from 1997 to 2014.
Year | Number of Dogs |
1997 | 11 |
1998 | 35 |
1999 | 25 |
2000 | 15 |
2001 | 4 |
2002 | 7 |
2003 | None recorded |
2004 | 6 |
2005 | 1 |
2006 | 6 |
2007 | 185 |
2008 | 330 |
2009 | 395 |
2010 | 729 |
2011 | 683 |
2012 | 678 |
2013 | 720 |
2014 | 674 |