dangerous Dogs Act 1991

Amanda Dunckley made this Freedom of Information request to Merseyside Police Authority

Merseyside Police Authority did not have the information requested.

From: Amanda Dunckley

24 February 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am contacting you concerning the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, as
amended, legislation.

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 Merseyside 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 magistrates court
under section 4b of the Dangerous Dogs Act in the last three years?
Of those 4b applications, how many resulted in destruction orders
and how many resulted in registration onto the Index of Exempted
Dogs?

5) How many dogs are currently held under Section One and Section
Three of the Dangerous Dogs Act?

6) 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?

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Amanda Dunckley

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From: Amanda Dunckley

17 April 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Merseyside Police
Authority's handling of my FOI request 'dangerous Dogs Act 1991'.

Can you please reply to my FOI request sent to you.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/da...

Yours sincerely,

Amanda Dunckley

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From: Amanda Dunckley

20 April 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I've had no response to by FOI request, can you look into this
please.

Yours sincerely,

Amanda Dunckley

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27 April 2009

Sent request to Merseyside Police Authority again.

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4 June 2009

Sent request to Merseyside Police Authority again, using a new contact address.

From: Caton, Paul MPA
Merseyside Police Authority

15 June 2009

Dear Sir,

I refer to your request for information in respect of the Dangerous Dogs
Act 1991.

The Authority does not routinely hold the type of information you require
and therefore your request will need to be re-directed to Merseyside
Police. The Chief Constable is a separate authority and under the Act,
responsible for any matters pertaining to the Force. For your information,
the contact details are:-

The Disclosure Manager,

Merseyside Police

Information Bureau

Disclosure Unit

PO BOX 59

LIVERPOOL

L69 1JD

The contact telephone details are: Disclosure Unit 0151 777 7017, 18, 19 &
20. Fax 0151 777 7099. 24 hour voice subject access application line 0151
777 7070. Access can also be gained via the Force's website.

Yours faithfully,

Paul Caton

Committee Manager

Merseyside Police Authority

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