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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of dog attacks on people were committed by (a) dogs prohibited under section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and (b) dogs which are not prohibited under section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each of the last three years.

Specific details of the type or breed of dog involved in attacks are not held centrally. However, information held by Defra on reported dog attacks show that nine pit bull terriers were involved in eight of the 30 total fatal dog attacks since 2005.