Carolyn Harris – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for possession, without exemption, of a prohibited dog ⁽¹⁾, England and Wales, 2013 to 2014 ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾

2013

2014

232

216

(1) An offence under Section 1(3) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991
(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.