§ Mr. Delwyn Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many registered dog licence holders there are in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. WigginI have been asked to reply.
Statistics of licence holders are not available. Licences issued in England and Wales in 1979–80 covered a total of 2,703,677 dogs. I am informed that the corresponding figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland were 223,760 and 42,000 respectively.