§ Mr. Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of reported cases of cruelty to animals arising from transportation or treatment in (a) horse and pony markets and (b) cattle, sheep and pig markets in each of the previous three years.
§ Dr. SummerskillSuch statistics are not kept in my Department or in that of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
§ Mr. Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of prosecutions for cruelty to animals other than domestic pets in each of the last five years by counties.
§ Dr. SummerskillInformation in the form requested is not available; it is not possible from the data received centrally to distinguish domestic pets from other animals. Because of changes in police320W force boundaries comparable figures for counties are not available for the last five years. The total number of persons proceeded against for offences under various Acts dealing with cruelty to Animals is as follows:
1971 … … 776 1972 … … 736 1973 … … 823 1974 … … 790 1975 … … 922 For 1975 the following table shows the statistics by police force area:
PERSONS PROCEEDED AGAINST FOR OFFENCES UNDER VARIOUS CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACTS—BY POLICE FORCE AREA ENGLAND AND WALES 1975 Police Force Area No. of Persons Avon and Somerset … … 32 Bedfordshire … … 10 Cambridgeshire … … 6 Cheshire … … 19 Cleveland … … 34 Cumbria … … 11 Derbyshire … … 24 Devon and Cornwall … … 29 Dorset … … 5 Durham … … 13 Essex … … 21 Gloucestershire … … 16 Greater Manchester … … 50 Hampshire … … 41 Hertfordshire … … 9 Humberside … … 18 Kent … … 28 Lancashire … … 25 Leicestershire … … 17 Lincolnshire … … 9 London City … … 2 Merseyside … … 28 Metropolitan Police District … … 25 Norfolk … … 12 Northamptonshire … … 11 Northumbria … … 13 North Yorkshire … … 22 Nottinghamshire … … 30 South Yorkshire … … 37 Staffordshire … … 28 Suffolk … … 8 Surrey … … 7 Sussex … … 31 Thames Valley … … 16 Warwickshire … … 14 West Mercia … … 32 West Midlands … … 43 West Yorkshire … … 38 Wiltshire … … 10 England … … 824 Dyfed Powys … … 19 Gwent … … 19 North Wales … … 21 South Wales … … 39 Wales … … 98 England and Wales … … 922