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Response A1346400

Response to request for information

Reference

A1346400

Response date

4 February 2022

Request

What type of council is your council?

▢ Upper-tier (County)

▢ Unitary (Unitary, Metropolitan Borough, London Borough)

▢ Lower-tier (District, Borough, City)

How many officers across all departments deal with animal welfare issues?

▢ 0

▢ <2

▢ <4

▢ <6

▢ <8

▢ >8

How many dedicated officers do you have for dealing solely with animal welfare issues (from licensing through to dog warden issues)?

▢ 0

▢ 1

▢ 2

▢ 3

▢ 4

▢ >5

How many of those officers have undertaken specific animal welfare-related training for that role?

▢ None of them

▢ 1

▢ 2

▢ 3

▢ 4

▢ All of them

Does your council carry out its own animal welfare enforcement work, work jointly with another council or sub-contract it to another council or a third party?

▢ Carries out own enforcement work

▢ Works with other enforcement agencies on a case by case basis

▢ Sub-contracts enforcement out to another council or third party

Are you part of a local or regional forum for councils and other enforcement bodies focussing on animal welfare issues and/or sharing knowledge? If so please can you share the name of the forum, the point of contact for it and their email address.

Response

What type of council is your council?

▢ Lower-tier (District, Borough, City)

How many officers across all departments deal with animal welfare issues?

▢ <4

How many dedicated officers do you have for dealing solely with animal welfare issues (from licensing through to dog warden issues)?

▢ 1

How many of those officers have undertaken specific animal welfare-related training for that role?

▢ All of them

Does your council carry out its own animal welfare enforcement work, work jointly with another council or sub-contract it to another council or a third party?

▢ Carries out own enforcement work

Are you part of a local or regional forum for councils and other enforcement bodies focussing on animal welfare issues and/or sharing knowledge? If so please can you share the name of the forum, the point of contact for it and their email address.

No.