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Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to introduce standardised (a) recording and (b) reporting for dog (i) bites and (ii) strikes.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
8 Jul 2025
Target answer date
10 Jul 2025
Answer
16 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to introduce standardised (a) recording and (b) reporting for dog (i) bites and (ii) strikes.

  2. 10 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Government has reconvened the Responsible Dog Ownership Taskforce to explore measures to promote responsible dog ownership across all breeds of dog. As part of this work, the taskforce is considering improvements in data collection and reporting. We l...

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