Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the population is of pit bull terriers in the UK.
The total number of live dogs on the Index of Exempted Dogs as of 30 November 2016 was 3,275. This number consisted of: (1) 3.149 dogs in England; (b) 118 dogs in Wales; and (c) 8 dogs in Scotland. the overwhelming number of these dogs are pitbull terriers.