Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 100614

Dogs: Fines

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025

Question

Shaun Davies

LabourTelford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the maximum penalty for dog fouling offences.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of flexible tools and powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to anti-social behaviour. These powers in...

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