Dangerous Dogs Act (as amended)
Dear Hampshire Constabulary,
I write with reference to The Dangerous Dogs Act, 1991 (amended), under the Freedom of Information Act, and ask for your kind reply, as follows:
1) How many dogs were seized by your force in the in the most recent full year for which you hold records (please provide date range) under S1 of the Act?
2) How many of these dogs seized in the aforementioned period have been exempted?
3) How many of these dogs seized in the aforementioned period have been released as non type (found to have been non-banned breeds)?
4) How many of these dogs seized in the aforementioned period were then destroyed?
5) Of these dogs destroyed, how many were disclaimed by their owners during the aforementioned timeframe?
6) How many dogs were put on the Interim Exemption Scheme before going to court during the aforementioned time frame?
7) What are your kennel costs in relation to dogs seized under the Act for the aforementioned time period?
8) Were there any litters of puppies of seized dogs destroyed whilst the parent dog was kennelled in the aforementioned period?
Yours faithfully,
L. A. Jourdan
Volunteer Administrator
For and on Behalf of Frannie Santos-Mawdsley, Chair, Born Innocent
Dear L. A. Jourdan
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: HC/02545/17
The following request for information under the Freedom of Information Act
was received by the Public Access office at Hampshire Constabulary:
I write with reference to The Dangerous Dogs Act, 1991 (amended), under
the Freedom of Information Act, and ask for your kind reply, as follows:
1) How many dogs were seized by your force in the in the most recent full
year for which you hold records (please provide date range) under S1 of
the Act?
2) How many of these dogs seized in the aforementioned period have been
exempted?
3) How many of these dogs seized in the aforementioned period have been
released as non-type (found to have been non-banned breeds)?
4) How many of these dogs seized in the aforementioned period were then
destroyed?
5) Of these dogs destroyed, how many were disclaimed by their owners
during the aforementioned timeframe?
6) How many dogs were put on the Interim Exemption Scheme before going to
court during the aforementioned time frame?
7) What are your kennel costs in relation to dogs seized under the Act for
the aforementioned time period?
8) Were there any litters of puppies of seized dogs destroyed whilst the
parent dog was kennelled in the aforementioned period?
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Joint Information Management Unit | Hampshire Constabulary & Thames
Valley Police
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Address Hampshire Constabulary, Mottisfont Court, Tower Street,
Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8ZD
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Sarah Carr | Public Access Manager
Joint Information Management Unit | Hampshire Constabulary & Thames Valley
Police
Telephone 02380 479580 | Internal 46-31760
Address | Hampshire Constabulary, Mottisfont Court, Tower Street,
Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8ZD
Information Management Helpdesk:
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479580 (internal 463 1760)
Thames Valley [2][email address] /
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Dear Hampshire Constabulary,
Thank you for your initial response.
Please would you clarify the date range for which you have provided the information?
Do you have a response to questions 7 please? It says Information Provided, but, many apologies, I cannot see where you have provided that information in the response that was provided to me.
Many thanks in advance.
Yours faithfully,
L. A. Jourdan
Dear L A Jourdan
With reference to your email below, the information supplied was from Jan 2016 to Jan 2017.
Kind Regards
Sarah Carr | Public Access Manager
Joint Information Management Unit | Hampshire Constabulary & Thames Valley Police
Telephone 02380 479580 | Internal 46-31760
Address | Hampshire Constabulary, Mottisfont Court, Tower Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8ZD
Information Management Helpdesk:
Hampshire [email address] / 02380 479580 (internal 463 1760)
Thames Valley [email address] / 01865 542051 (internal 300 6329)
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