Dangerous Dogs
(asked on 9th July 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of offences under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each Police Force area in each of the last five years.
The Ministry of Justice has published information on convictions at offence level up to December 2019. The number of convictions for offences under the Dangerous Dog Act 1991 at all courts can be found in the ‘Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool’, available here:
In the pivot table, filter the Offence code field to include the following Home Office offence codes:
11112, 11113, 11114, 11115, 11116, 11117, 11118, 11119, 11120 and 11125: Summary offences under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991
00821: Owner or person in charge allowing dog to be dangerously out of control in a public place injuring any person
00822: Owner or person in charge allowing dog to enter a non-public place and injure any person
In the pivot table fields menu, drag ‘Police Force Area’ from the filters section to the rows section underneath ‘Values’. Convictions for each Police Force Area can be found in rows 77 to 120.