Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for hare coursing were brought to trial in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.

The Ministry of Justice has published data on the number of prosecutions and convictions for hare coursing offences in England and Wales for the years 2013 to 2018. This data is available in the Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx

Related offences include:

• Participating in a hare coursing event

• Attending a hare coursing event

• Knowingly facilitating a hare coursing event

• Permitting land to be used for the purpose of a hare coursing event

• Permitting etc a dog to participate in a hare coursing event

Search for ‘hare coursing’ in the Detailed offence filter and select the offences of interest. Any years which are not listed have no prosecutions, convictions or sentences.

The data for 2019 will be published in May 2020.