HC Deb 30 June 1969 vol 786 cc45-6W
Mr. Roebuck

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing, for each of the last three convenient 12-month periods, the number of stray dogs collected in the Metropolitan Police District under the Dogs Act 1906, the number subsequently claimed by owners, and the cost to public funds.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

Information is not readily available as to the number of stray dogs seized under the Dogs Act 1906, or subsequently claimed by owners. The number of dogs which, having been seized, were sent to a dogs' home, was 13,100 in 1966; 13,008 in 1967; and 13,950 in 1968. A fee of 4s. was paid for each dog sent.