Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire police forces have exercised their powers to seize dogs under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Act 2025 since those powers came into force, broken down by police force area.

Defra does not hold central data on how police forces exercise such powers. Under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Act 2025, police forces are required to keep a register of all dogs seized under section 2(1), where the dog is suspected of attacking or worrying livestock and no owner or person in charge is present.