kola Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 10 Mar 2008 : Column 34W Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people were prosecuted under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in 2007. [192202] Jonathan Shaw: The Ministry of Justice’s court proceedings data for 2007 will not be available until autumn 2008. Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the Government intends to review the operation of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. [192201] Jonathan Shaw: The Government conducted a review of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 last year. We consulted police forces in England and Wales and discussed the outcome of this consultation with the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). A summary of the responses by police forces is available in the Library of the House. In the light of the response from the police service, we concluded that the current legislation is sufficiently robust to effectively deal with the problem of dangerous dogs. We will work closely with the ACPO in helping to implement initiatives to ensure that the law is enforced more effectively. ___________________________________________________________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kola Posted April 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Parliamentary question-written 19 Mar 2008 : Column 1121W Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many dogs were destroyed under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each of the last 10 years. [193414] Jonathan Shaw: Figures for the number of destruction orders made under dangerous dogs legislation are not held centrally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kola Posted April 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Parliamentary Question - 10 Mar 2008 : Column 39W: Dogs: Registration Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many dangerous dogs are registered in the UK. [192204] Jonathan Shaw: Since 1991, there have been 8,916 dogs registered on the Index of Exempted Dogs, under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. Of these, 1,130 are currently alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kola Posted April 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Parliamentary Question - 6 Mar 2008 : Column 2668W Dogs Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to deal with attacks by dogs on (a) adults and (b) children. [191009] Mr. Coaker: The Government take all violent crime extremely seriously. A person who uses a dog to attack another person, provided they have the requisite intent, could be committing one of a range of offences of violence against the person such as grievous bodily harm. Any such offence will be investigated and prosecuted in the same way as any other violent crime. The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (as amended in 1997) makes it an offence to breed, or breed from, four types of dog identified as bred specifically for fighting: the pit bull terrier; the Japanese Tosa; the Dogo Argentino; and the Fila Braziliero. It is also an offence to sell or exchange, or advertise or offer for sale or exchange, any of these dogs. The legislation also provides protection to the public from a dog of any type or breed which is dangerously out of control in a public place, or in a private place where it has no right to be. Following the tragic dog attacks on children last year and earlier this year, we are currently undertaking a review of the dangerous dogs legislation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kola Posted April 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Parliamentary Question - 6 Feb 2008 : Column 1281W: Dogs Mr. Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations he has received on adding new breeds and cross-breeds of dogs to those covered by the provisions of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991; and whether he plans to act in response to such representations. [184506] Jonathan Shaw: The Government have received a number of representations requesting that we add further breeds or types of dog to the list of dogs already prohibited under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. We keep the Act under regular review and last year we carried out a consultation with the police on dangerous dogs legislation. At the time the police did not indicate there was a need to add any other types of dogs to the list of prohibited dogs and we currently have no plans to do so. Parliamentray Question - 28 Jan 2008 : Column 74W Dogs Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what consideration he has given to changing the breeds and types banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991; and if he will make a statement. [177722] Jonathan Shaw: The types of dogs prohibited under section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act are constantly kept under review. However, there are no plans to make any changes to the types of dogs prohibited. 5 Jan 2008 : Column 2247W Dogs: Children Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many attacks on children by dogs have been have been recorded in each year since the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 came into force by (a) Rottweilers and (b) each category of dog banned under the Act. [181153] Mr. McNulty: The information requested is not available centrally from the recorded crime statistics. Attacks by dogs are not crimes as defined in law. The relevant offences under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 relate to an owner or person in charge allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control in a public place injuring any person or allowing a dog to enter a non-public place and injure any person. These offences would generally be recorded under the Home Office classification ‘Less serious wounding' and cannot be separately identified from other offences recorded within that classification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kola Posted April 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 (edited) 22 Jan 2008 : Column 1986W—continued Mary Creagh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what responses he has received from chief constables on his 2007 review of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991; and if he will publish them. [177209] Jonathan Shaw: 32 responses from police forces in England and Wales were received in response to our request for information on dangerous dogs legislation. It is clear that among police, there is no overwhelming support for major changes to existing law, but it is also clear from the consultation that the existing law needs to be enforced more rigorously. I will place a summary of the consultation responses in the House Libraries. To assist the police, local authorities and the general public we are giving priority to revising the guidance that DEFRA has issued about the law on dangerous and unruly dogs. Officials are working with stakeholders from a range of backgrounds to prepare new guidance and I anticipate that it will be ready for publication in the spring of 2008. Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate he has made of the number of illegal dogs under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in the UK in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement; [177715] (2) what estimate he has made of the number of illegal dogs under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 that entered the UK in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [177716] Jonathan Shaw: No estimate has been made of the number of illegally held dogs in this country, including those imported to this country from overseas. Edited April 5, 2008 by Amanda2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rip and cap Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 I aint sure of anyone elses views on Andrew Rosindell but i think he is doing a good job and is totally against bsl. I have read that he keep staffies and they accompany him on his election campaigns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kola Posted April 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 I think he's a good bloke too he's also the shadow minister for animal welfare and wrote to ask how 'Kodee' (DDA dog held and returned) was as he read about him. Amanda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rip and cap Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) Although our mp is independant he was in the labour party for many years and is labour through to the bone. I e-mailed him the other day asking him to e-mail Andrew to tell him i think he is doing a great job and to keep the good work up fighting bsl and the dda. Edited April 8, 2008 by rip and cap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kola Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Written Question yesterday (Tuesday 17th June) Dangerous Dogs Act: Registration David Drew (Stroud, Labour) | Hansard source To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the index of exempted dogs to owner-led applications will be re-opened. Jonathan R Shaw (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Marine, Landscape and Rural Affairs) and Minister for the South East), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Chatham & Aylesford, Labour) | Hansard source No. There are no plans to amend the dangerous dogs legislation to allow owner-led applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rip and cap Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Jonathan Shaw: The Ministry of Justice’s court proceedings data for 2007 will not be available until autumn 2008. So they claim more money on their expenses for a fitted kitchen in their second home than we earn in a year and it takes them this long to work out the figure? What are they all doing s******g their secretaries like prescott? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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