Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 63704

Dangerous Dogs

Tabled: 30 June 2025
Answered: 7 July 2025

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many FTE civil servants his Department has allocated to work on the exemption scheme for dogs initially classified as XL bullies.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
There are many civil servants across Defra that are responsible for multiple animal welfare policies, working flexibly according to business need. Civil Servants work across animal welfare, transforming farm animal health and welfare, wildlife and rural t...

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