Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been for offences relating to hunting with dogs, by police force area, in the latest period for which data are available.
The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions for offences relating to hunting with dogs, by police force area, in England and Wales, up to December 2020, available in the ‘Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code’ data tool, which can be found here:
To find the number of prosecutions by police force area for hunting a wild mammal with a dog, under sections 1 and 6 of the Hunting Act 2004:
Other offences that relate to hunting with dogs under the Hunting Act 2004 include: