United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 70965
Dangerous Dogs
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29 August 2025
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11 September 2025 · Answer
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11 September 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department provides on the assessments used to decide whether to return a dangerous dog to its owner after it has been seized.
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29 August 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department provides on the assessments used to decide whether to return a dangerous dog to its owner after it has been seized.
Source: Commons
11 September 2025
Answer
Dogs that are prohibited under section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and which do not have a valid certificate of exemption could be seized by the Police. In these cases, there is an interim exemption scheme which allows suspected prohibited dogs to re...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/70965
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1827685
- uk · wq-1827685 · source updated 11 September 2025