Ms Amanda Dunckley

By e-mail only to:

[email address]

Dear Ms Dunckley,

Request for information: Dangerous Dogs Act 1991

Thank you for your request for information, which was received by Manchester City Council on 24 February 2009 and has been considered under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”).

I apologise for the delay in responding to your request.

You asked the Council to confirm:

1. How many dogs have been seized under Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act in each year from 2000 to 2008?

2. How many prosecutions under Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act did the Council proceed with in 2007 and 2008?

3. How many dogs have been seized under Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act so far this year (2009)? Of those seized, how many have been signed over for destruction by their owners?

4. How many applications have been made to the magistrate's court under section 4b of the Dangerous Dogs Act in the last three years? Of those 4b applications, how many resulted in the destruction orders and how many resulted in registration onto the Index of Exempted Dogs?

5. How many dogs are currently held under Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act?

Manchester City Council has not to date used the powers set out in your request. The answers to your questions are:

Your request for an internal review of this request will be responded to separately. If you are dissatisfied with the response to the results of the review, you have a right to apply to the Information Commissioner (IC) for a decision.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Please remember to quote the above reference number in any future correspondence.

Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any queries.

Yours sincerely,

Martin Lee

Head of Street Management

Neighbourhood Services

Manchester City Council

PO Box 585

Town Hall

Manchester

M60 3NZ

STREET MANAGEMENT