United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 113991
Animal Welfare: Prosecutions
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20 February 2026
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2 March 2026 · Answer
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2 March 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for a Section 20 hearing under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in each of the last five years.
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20 February 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for a Section 20 hearing under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in each of the last five years.
Source: Commons
2 March 2026
Answer
The Ministry of Justice and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs work closely at official level, alongside other Departments and operational partners, on matters relating to animal welfare and the functioning of the justice system.The averag...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-02-20/113991
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1882726
- uk · wq-1882726 · source updated 2 March 2026