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1110890

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date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dangerous Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures he is considering to protect livestock from dogs that are being exercised in the countryside on farmland.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	242655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>There is a range of measures available to the police and local authorities to prevent or respond to dog attacks on livestock. The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 makes it an offence to allow a dog to be dangerously out of control and this includes in and around livestock. In addition, the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 makes it an offence to allow a dog to worry livestock. The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 includes specific powers for police and local authorities to take action before a dog becomes dangerously out of control by issuing a warning notice for low level dog related nuisance. The table below provides the number of people prosecuted under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 for allowing dogs to worry all types of livestock, including sheep, in the last five years for which figures are available. Prosecutions have been made under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 but data is not centrally held on the circumstances of how the dog was dangerously out of control.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prosecuted</strong></p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 242656 242657 question first answered 15/04/2019 15:46:26 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1110891

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Livestock Worrying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sheep have been killed by domestic dogs on farmland in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	242656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>There is a range of measures available to the police and local authorities to prevent or respond to dog attacks on livestock. The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 makes it an offence to allow a dog to be dangerously out of control and this includes in and around livestock. In addition, the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 makes it an offence to allow a dog to worry livestock. The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 includes specific powers for police and local authorities to take action before a dog becomes dangerously out of control by issuing a warning notice for low level dog related nuisance. The table below provides the number of people prosecuted under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 for allowing dogs to worry all types of livestock, including sheep, in the last five years for which figures are available. Prosecutions have been made under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 but data is not centrally held on the circumstances of how the dog was dangerously out of control.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prosecuted</strong></p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 242655 242657 question first answered 15/04/2019 15:46:26 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1110892

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Livestock Worrying: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions there have been of dog owners for sheep worrying in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	242657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>There is a range of measures available to the police and local authorities to prevent or respond to dog attacks on livestock. The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 makes it an offence to allow a dog to be dangerously out of control and this includes in and around livestock. In addition, the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 makes it an offence to allow a dog to worry livestock. The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 includes specific powers for police and local authorities to take action before a dog becomes dangerously out of control by issuing a warning notice for low level dog related nuisance. The table below provides the number of people prosecuted under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 for allowing dogs to worry all types of livestock, including sheep, in the last five years for which figures are available. Prosecutions have been made under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 but data is not centrally held on the circumstances of how the dog was dangerously out of control.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prosecuted</strong></p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 242655 242656 question first answered 15/04/2019 15:46:26 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton