Animal Welfare: Convictions

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 21 November 2017.

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Photo of Andrew Rosindell Andrew Rosindell NATO Parliamentary Assembly UK Delegation, Co Chair, British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animal cruelty offences and convictions there have been in Romford in each year since 2010.

Photo of George Eustice George Eustice The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The number of offenders found guilty of offences under Sections 4 to 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, in the Metropolitan Police Force area, from 2010 to 2016, can be viewed in the table.

Force / Local Justice Area (4)

2010

2011

2012

Proceeded against

Found guilty

Proceeded against

Found guilty

Proceeded against

Found guilty

Metropolitan

97

67

122

102

107

79

of which

Havering

4

3

7

6

-

-

North East London

-

-

-

-

7

5

2013

2014

2015

2016

Proceeded against

Found guilty

Proceeded against

Found guilty

Proceeded against

Found guilty

Proceeded against

Found guilty

112

82

63

47

70

54

62

46

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

15

13

7

6

6

3

6

4

'-' = Nil

(1) Defined as SS4-8 Animal Welfare Act 2006.

(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.

(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

(4) Havering Local Justice Area, which included Romford, merged into North East London Local Justice Area from 1 January 2012.

Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.

Ref: PQ 113043

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