Question follow-through · 110857
Dangerous Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to help reduce dog bites.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
4 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to help reduce dog bites.
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government has reconvened the Responsible Dog Ownership taskforce to explore measures to promote responsible dog ownership across all breeds of dog. The taskforce is considering four themes: educating the public on how to stay safe around dogs, traini...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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26 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle flytipping in Slough constituency.
Animal Welfare: Slough
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