Dangerous dog’s act 1991
Dear Wiltshire Constabulary,
Please could you provide the following information, broken down by financial year for the last 3 years:
• Number of dogs seized under section one of the dangerous dog’s act 1991.
• How many dogs seized under section one of the dangerous dog’s act 1991 where released under interim exemption scheme
• Total kennelling costs for dogs seized under section one of the dangerous dog’s act 1991
• Number of court cases and their outcome relating to section one of the dangerous dog’s act 1991, please break this down as follows:
-Dog found not to be type
- dog destroyed
-dog returned to owner under exemption scheme
-outcome not yet known.
• Total cost of dealing with cases and incidents relating to section one of the dangerous dog’s act 1991
• Number of dogs seized under section one of the dangerous dog’s act 1991 that were returned as not being type before a court case
• Number of dogs seized under section one of the dangerous dog’s act 1991 destroyed before a court case
• How many working hours have been spent dealing with incidents and cases relating to section one of the dangerous dog’s act 1991
Yours faithfully,
Benjamin Lickley
Dear Benjamin,
Thank you for your request for information dated 25th March 2019 concerning the Dangerous Dogs Act. Your request will be considered under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party. In some circumstances Wiltshire Police may be unable to achieve this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised time-scale at the earliest opportunity.
There may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of the information you request. If this is the case you will be informed and the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we receive payment from you. If you chose not to make a payment then your request will remain unanswered.
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Kind regards
Force Disclosure Unit Administrator
Wiltshire Police
[email address]
Police HQ, London Road, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 2DN
Good morning.
Please find attached our formal response in respect of your FOI request
concerning the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.
With best regards
Nick
Nick Penny
Force Disclosure Decision Maker
Force Disclosure Unit
Wiltshire Police HQ, London Road, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 2DN.
E-mail: [email address]
Web: [1]www.wiltshire.police.uk
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