§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of attacks on people by dogs have been recorded by the Metropolitan police in Tower Hamlets in each year since 1979.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe Metropolitan police have kept records of incidents involving dangerous dogs only since November 1989, but there are no figures relating solely to Tower Hamlets. However, I am informed that, in the force area which includes Tower Hamlets, 38 incidents involving dogs have been noted since records began.