Dog Breeding Licensing
Case reference FOI2022/00169
Published 3 March 2022
Request
Please find attached an excel spreadsheet to input your answers. Questions regarding all dog breeding licences 1. Fees. a. Per year from 2017 - 2021, what was the fee charged for a first-time application for a dog breeding licence (including inspection fees)? b. Per year from 2017 - 2021, what was the fee charged for a renewal application for a dog breeding licence (including inspection fees)? 2. Number of approved applications for a dog breeding licence. a. Per year from 2017 - 2021, how many first-time applications for a dog breeding licence were approved? (Please provide details on the licence length or star rating for each approval) b. Per year from 2017 - 2021, how many renewal applications for a dog breeding licence were approved? (Please provide details on the licence length or star rating for each approval) 3. Per year from 2017 - 2021, how many of the licenced dog breeding establishments had quarantine or isolation facilities? 4. If your local authority grants multi-year licences that are not counted as renewals each year, per year from 2017 - 2021, how many additional establishments were active due to holding a continuing multi-year licence? 5. Number of applications refused for a dog breeding licence. a. Per year from 2017-2021, how many first-time applications for a dog breeding licence were refused (with reasons for refusal if known)? b. Per year from 2017-2021, how many renewal applications for a dog breeding licence were refused (with reasons for refusal if known)? 6. Per year from 2017 - 2021, how many care notices (Scotland) or improvement notices (England and Wales) were issued to dog breeding establishments (with reasons for issue if known)? More specific question regarding each dog breeding licensed establishment, per year, from 2017 - 2021: 7. The number, age and breed of all breeding bitches, in each dog breeding licensed establishment. 8. Breed(s) of male stud(s)/father(s), if different to mother's breed. I do not require any personal information regarding the dog breeding licensed establishments, such as address or company name. Instead, I am more than happy for each dog breeding licensed establishment to be randomly assigned a unique ID number. If you do not record this information, please state entry as 'Unknown' or 'NA'. If you record this information, and the answer is zero, please state '0'.
Response
I have been advised that the information previous to 2019 is not recorded.
I have been informed that the relevant department has filled in the spread sheet as much as they were able to but the data they have provided does not fit into the categories contained on your spreadsheet.
A Dog Breeders data sheet has been provided, which will hopefully supply clarification on the breed lists. A fee chart has also been provided.
Documents
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