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Dangerous Dogs Act 1991: North West

Answer

The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, in the North West Government office region, by police force area, in 2008 (latest available) is shown in the following table.Court proceedings data are not available at local authority area level.Court data for 2009 are planned for publication in autumn 2010.

Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in the North West Government office region, by police force area, 2008¹, ²
Police force area	Proceeded against	Found guilty
Cheshire	19	14
Cumbria	16	10
Greater Manchester	46	34
Lancashire	40	28
Merseyside	51	43
Total North West region	172	129
¹ The statistics 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, the principal offence 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.
² 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.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services: Ministry of Justice.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

508 c1074-5W; 325040

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Prosecutions North West Dangerous dogs

Legislation

Dangerous Dogs Act 1991

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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