Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 121144

Animal Welfare: Crime

Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026

Question

Graeme Downie

LabourDunfermline and Dollar

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many bans on animal ownership have been imposed by Courts in each of the last five years.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Animal health and welfare is a devolved matter. For England, the information requested is not held centrally.