Hampshire Constabulary
Chief Constable Alex Marshall
Police
Headquarters
Amanda Dunckley
West Hill
request-8542-
Romsey Road
[email address]
Winchester
Hampshire
SO22 5DB
Telephone: 0845 045 45 45
Our ref: HC/00795/09
Direct dial: 01962 814757
Your ref:
Fax No: 01962 871204
Deaf/speech impaired minicom: 01962 875000
Email: [email address]
March 04, 2009
Dear Ms Dunckley
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: HC/00795/09
Your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act was received by the
Information Compliance Unit at Hampshire Constabulary on 4th March 2009 I note you seek
access to the following information:
1. How many dogs have been seized under Section One of the Dangerous Dogs
Act in each year from 2000 to 2008?
2. How many prosecutions under Section One and Section Three of the
Dangerous Dogs Act did the Hampshire police proceed with in 2007 and
2008?
3. How many dogs have been seized under Section One 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?
5. Of those 4b applications, how many resulted in destruction orders and how
many resulted in registration onto the Index of Exempted Dogs?
6. How many dogs are currently held under Section One and Section Three of
the Dangerous Dogs Act?
7. What number of dogs seized under Section One of the Dangerous Dogs Act
over the last three years, have been destroyed or have died whilst in police
custody, due to illness, injury or disease?
Your request will now be considered in accordance with the legislation and you will receive
a response within the statutory timescale of 20 working days, subject to the provisions of the
Act. In the unlikely event that Hampshire Constabulary is unable to meet the 20 working
day deadline, you will be informed as soon as possible and given a revised time-scale for
response.
To be accepted, any clarification(s) to your request must be submitted in writing directly to
the FOI Team at Hampshire Constabulary.
www.hampshire.police.uk
Hampshire Constabulary
Chief Constable Alex Marshall
If your request requires either full or partial transference to another public authority, you will
be informed.
Should you have any further inquiries concerning this matter, please write or contact Becky
Hill on telephone number 01962 814757 quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Becky Hill
Freedom of Information Decision-Maker
www.hampshire.police.uk
