Dangerous Dogs
Commons · Question 70964 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department provides on the assessments used to decide whether to return a dangerous dog to its owner after it has been seized.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 11 Sep 2025
Dogs that are prohibited under section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and which do not have a valid certificate of exemption could be seized by the Police. In these cases, there is an interim exemption scheme which allows suspected prohibited dogs to re...