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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 on the population of types of dog prohibited under section 1 of that Act; and if she will make a statement.

There are, as of 30 November 2016, 3,275 dogs on the Index of Exempted Dogs (dogs that are legally exempt from the general prohibition on certain types of dogs). If the relevant types of dogs were not prohibited the population of these dogs is likely to be higher