Question follow-through · 67178

Dangerous Dogs: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish (a) transparent and (b) clearly reported data on hospital admissions and presentations to minor injury clinics due to dog bites, by healthcare trust in Great Britain.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

About this written question

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 11 Jul 2025
Target answer date: 15 Jul 2025
Answer: 17 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Recorded timeline

11 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish (a) transparent and (b) clearly reported data on hospital admissions and presentations to minor injury clinics due to dog bites, by healthcare trust in Great Britain.
15 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2025
Answer published
NHS England currently publishes data on hospital admissions, including those due to dog bites. This data can be found at the following link:digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/2023-24In 2023...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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