Written questions

Animal Welfare: Prosecutions

Commons · Question 60976 · Tabled 18 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 23 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in the last three years for incidents involving dogs left in dangerously hot vehicles.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 23 Jun 2025

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page ...