Question follow-through · 30370
Dangerous Dogs: Injuries
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department holds information on the number of injuries caused by dangerous dogs to (a) postal workers and (b) courier workers broken down at (i) national, (ii) local author
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 14 Feb 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department holds information on the number of injuries caused by dangerous dogs to (a) postal workers and (b) courier workers broken down at (i) national, (ii) local author
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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14 Feb 2025
Answer published
Defra does not hold data on the total number of dog attacks or on the number of injuries caused by dangerous dogs on postal or courier workers as enforcement authorities and healthcare services are not required to report this information to Defra. This in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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