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Written Question
Community Protection Notices: Dangerous Dogs
Monday 19th May 2025

Asked by: Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat - Chichester)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Community Protection Notices were issued to owners of dogs following attacks on cats in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024; and how many of those required the (i) use of leads, (ii) use of muzzles and (iii) securing of properties.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office does not hold data in relation to the number of Community Protection Notices that have been issued to owners of dogs following attacks on cats and how many of these led to prosecutions.

The Ministry of Justice publishes figures on the number of breached CPNs that result in a court fine. The data does not include the reasons for the CPN being issued. The most recent court outcomes data can be found in the ‘Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2024’ here - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2024


Written Question
Community Protection Notices: Dangerous Dogs
Monday 19th May 2025

Asked by: Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat - Chichester)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breached Community Protection Notices issued to owners of dogs following attacks on cats led to prosecutions in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office does not hold data in relation to the number of Community Protection Notices that have been issued to owners of dogs following attacks on cats and how many of these led to prosecutions.

The Ministry of Justice publishes figures on the number of breached CPNs that result in a court fine. The data does not include the reasons for the CPN being issued. The most recent court outcomes data can be found in the ‘Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2024’ here - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2024