Question follow-through · 121144
Animal Welfare: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many bans on animal ownership have been imposed by Courts in each of the last five years.
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
- 16 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 3 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
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many bans on animal ownership have been imposed by Courts in each of the last five years.
18 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2026
Answer published
Animal health and welfare is a devolved matter. For England, the information requested is not held centrally.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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