Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered am ar 14 Chwefror 2024.
Rosie Duffield
Llafur, Canterbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications his Department has received for certificates of exemption to keep an American Bully XL type dog in (a) Canterbury Constituency and (b) England.
Mark Spencer
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Defra received over 61,000 applications for Certificates of Exemption ahead of the deadline from dog owners in England and Wales. These applications are still being processed and may include duplicates, errors or ineligible applications. Defra does not collate this data by Constituency.
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