Written questions

Dangerous Dogs: Social Rented Housing

Commons · Question 61123 · Tabled 19 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 27 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54689 on Dangerous Dogs: Social Rented Housing, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of being denied permi

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 27 Jun 2025

Defra undertook an impact assessment when developing legislation to ban XL Bully dogs. This assessment recognised that some housing providers would not allow owners to keep XL bullies. It is for the housing provider to decide their own policies on whether...