HC Deb 22 February 1946 vol 419 cc312-5W
Mr. P. Freeman

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of trainers, trainer exhibitors and exhibitors of performing animals in this country, together with a list of their names and stage names, and the number of animals in respect of which each is registered.

Mr. Ede

The following statement shows the number of trainers, trainer-exhibitors and exhibitors of performing animals registered by local authorities in

PERFORMING ANIMALS (REGULATION) ACT, 1925.
Registrations by local authorities.
Local Authority Trainers. Trainer Exhibitors Exhibitors. TOTAL.
London County Council 213 235 448
Other Counties:—
Bedford 1 1
Brecon 1 1
Bucks 1 1
Cheshire 2 2
Cornwall 1 1
Denbigh 1 1
Derby 2 2
Durham 3 1 4
Essex 1 5 6
Flint 1 1
Gloucester 1 2 3
Hants 2 2
Kent 4 2 6
Lanark 2 2
Lancaster 1 2 3 6
Leicester 1 1
Middlesex 8 3 11
Norfolk 1 1 2
Northants 1 3 3 7
Northumberland 1 1
Salop 1 1
Somerset 2 2
Stafford 1 1
Suffolk (East) 2 1 3
Surrey 29 2 31
Warwick 3 3 6
Sussex (West) 3 3
Wiltshire 1 2 3
Yorks, East Riding 1 1
Yorks, North Riding 1 1
Yorks, West Riding 6 2 8
TOTAL, Counties 3 88 30 121
county Boroughs and City on London:
Birmingham 18 32 50
Blackpool 3 4 7
Bolton 1 1
Bournemouth 2 2
Bradford 2 3 5
Brighton 1 1 2
Bristo 2 2
Burnley 1 1
Cardiff 1 1
Croydon 7 3 10
Dundee 1 1
Edinburgh 1 13 14
Exeter 1 1
Glasgow 17 3 20
Great Yarmouth 1 4 5

England, Scotland and Wales under the Performing Animals (Regulation) Act. 1925.

Local Authority. Trainers. Trainer Exhibitors. Exhibitors. Total.
Hastings l 1
Huddersfield 1 1
Hull 3 2 5
Kingston-on-Thames 1 1
Leeds 4 4 6 14
Leicester 1 1
Liverpool 4 7 11
London, City of 1 1 2
Manchester 1 28 29
Oldham 1 3 4
Plymouth 1 1
Preston 1 1
Salford 1 1
Southampton 2 2
South Shields 2 2
Stockport 1 1 2
West Hartlepool 1 1
Wolverhampton 6 2 8
Worcester 1 1
Total (County Boroughs and City of London) 4 82 124 210
Grand Total 7 383 389 779

The preparation of a list of the names and stage names of these persons and the numbers of animals registered by each, would involve an examination of all the certificates of registration issued by the local authorities and this is a task which I should not feel justified in undertaking at the present time. Copies of the certificates are, however, available for inspection at the Home Office in accordance with Section 1 (7) of the Act.