§ Mrs. Shieldsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list the revenue collected from issuing dog licences, and the total cost of collection and administration, for each year since 1978; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what steps his Department is taking to ensure that post offices acting as agents for local authorities issue dog licences when requested to by the general public; and if he will make a statement;
(3) if he will list in tabular form (a) the number of dog licences issued, (b) the estimated number of dogs in Britain and (c) the number of prosecutions for non-possession of a dog licence for each year since 1978; and if he will make a statement;
(4) what procedures his Department adopts in order to ensure efficient administration and issuing of dog licences by local authorities and post offices acting as their agents.
§ Mr. WaldegraveI shall write to the hon. Lady.