Dangerous Dogs Act (as amended)

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Dear Merseyside Police,

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

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Dear Applicant,

 

Reference No: DJ 2017- 1166 MERPOL

 

I write in connection with your request for information received on
08/11/2017 concerning:

 

(Paraphrased)    Eight applications relating to the Dangerous Dogs Act
provisions.

 

The cost of providing you with the information is above the amount to
which we are legally required to respond i.e. the cost of locating and
retrieving the information exceeds the ‘appropriate level’ as stated in
the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.
It is estimated that it would cost take in excess of 18 hours work to
comply with your request, which equates to the cost limit. Please see the
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Complainant Rights:

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Yours faithfully

 

 

 

 

D Jackson

Merseyside Police

Data Access Unit

F.O.I. Team

PO BOX 59

LIVERPOOL

L69 1JD

Fax: 0151 777 1677

E-mail: [Merseyside Police request email]

 

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