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 DemocratEastleigh

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 Eagle
Defra 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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