Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 60976

Animal Welfare: Prosecutions

Tabled: 18 June 2025

Answered: 23 June 2025

Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in the last three years for incidents involving dogs left in dangerously hot vehicles.

Answer

Sarah Sackman

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page ...

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