Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 70965

Dangerous Dogs

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

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.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

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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