Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 104294
Dangerous Dogs: Postal Workers
Tabled: 8 January 2026
Answered: 14 January 2026
Question
Liz Jarvis
Liberal Democrat — Eastleigh
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to coordinate data collection across (a) police forces and (b) other public bodies to monitor dog attacks on postal workers, and if she will hold di
Answer
Dame Angela EagleDefra is working with the police, local authorities and animal welfare groups to help prevent dog attacks. As part of this work, the Government reconvened the Responsible Dog Ownership taskforce to explore measures to promote responsible dog ownership acr...
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