Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 72480
Dogs: Licensing
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025
Question
Lisa Smart
Liberal Democrat — Hazel Grove
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of re-introducing the imposition of dog licences.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerWe have no plans at this time to reintroduce an annual registration scheme or dog licenses. The old dog licence was repealed by the Local Government Act 1988 because it cost more to administer than the revenue it generated and was in effect an ownership r...
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