Pets: Tagging
(asked on 5th November 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were fined for not microchipping their (a) cats and (b) dogs in each year since 2016.
This question was answered on 11th November 2024
The Ministry of Justice currently collects and publishes data relating to the offence of not microchipping your dog in England and Wales.
The relevant offence code is 11126 and the latest data is available here:
As the compulsory microchipping of cats was only introduced in England in June 2024, these figures will relate to dogs only at this stage.