Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish (a) transparent and (b) clear data on (i) hospital admissions and (ii) presentations to minor injury clinics due to dog bites in each healthcare trust in the most recent period for which data is available.

NHS England already published data on hospital admissions due to dog bites. This data can be found at the following link:

digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/2023-24.

In 2023/24, in England, there were 10,678 finished admission episodes with an external cause of being bitten or struck by a dog. This data is available nationally and is not disaggregated by individual National Health Service trusts or minor injury unit. There are no current plans to change this approach.