Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs have been processed under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each year since 1992; and if she will make a statement.
Section 1 of the 1991 Act prohibits certain types of dog, but the courts may permit some dogs to be retained by their keeper under strict conditions and registered with the Index of Exempted Dogs pursuant to a statutory exemption scheme. The number of new dogs registered with the Index per year is in the table below. The sum of these figures does not equate to the total number of dogs registered on the Index.
Data on the number of dogs destroyed under section 1 or the subject of proceedings under section 3 (dog being dangerously out of control) are not collected centrally.
Year | Number of Dogs |
1992 | 545 |
1993 | 9 |
1997 | 11 |
1998 | 35 |
1999 | 25 |
2000 | 15 |
2001 | 4 |
2002 | 7 |
2003 | 0 |
2004 | 6 |
2005 | 1 |
2006 | 6 |
2007 | 185 |
2008 | 330 |
2009 | 394 |
2010 | 730 |
2011 | 683 |
2012 | 678 |
2013 | 722 |
2014 | 676 |
2015 | 550 |