FOI Request - Dog Warden and Animal Licensing Services

Request 101003073005

Dog Warden Service
1. Does the local authority employ a dog warden or outsource the role? If the role is outsourced, who is responsible?
2. What has been the local authority’s annual spend on the dog warden service for the last three years? Either for inhouse or outsourcing the role.  
2019 2020 2021
                                               

Animal licensing service
3. Please provide details of the number of premises licensed under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 / The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021 / The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland) Regulations 2021.
a) Number of premises licensed to breed dogs                              
b) Number of dogs each premises is licensed to have on site
c) The breeds of dogs listed on the licence

4. For any premises licensed to house 10 or more breeding bitches, please provide copies of the most recent inspection report(s). If no written reports are available, please indicate the date on which the most recent report was conducted, and by whom (job title not personal details).

5. How many investigations have been made into premises suspected of needing a breeding licence between January 2019 - December 2021?
Jan – Dec 2019                         
Jan – Dec 2020
Jan – Dec 2021

6. How many additional conditions have been attached to a licence between January 2019- December 2021
Jan – Dec 2019                         
Jan – Dec 2020
Jan – Dec 2021