FOI 20-2025 / Jan 2025 / Seized dogs
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 20-2025
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 7th January 2025 as follows:
Please can you provide the following information for the 2024 calendar year:
Q1. How many suspected banned or dangerous dogs were seized by police
Q2. How many of the seized dogs were suspected XL Bullies
Q3. How many banned or dangerous dogs were destroyed by police
Q4. How many of the destroyed dogs were XL Bullies
Please accept my sincere apologies for the delay in providing the response to your request and for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Response: Please be advised that the requested information is not centrally recorded and is therefore not held in a readily retrievable format. In order to provide the requested information relating to seizures of suspected banned or dangerous dogs, it would be necessary to manually review the wider records and documentation of each and every seizure for the specified period. The business area has advised that there were 131 dogs seized in 2024, and that it would take approximately 20 to 30 minutes to review each seizure for the requested information, which equates to between 44 and 66 hours of work. Therefore, the work involved in locating and retrieving the requested information exceeds the cost threshold of £450, which equates to 18 hours work at a standard rate of £25 per hour, as stated in the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.
In accordance with Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this letter acts as a Refusal Notice for this request.
In accordance with Section 16 of the Act, I have a duty to provide advice and assistance; however, due to the volume of records that would need to be individually reviewed, I am unable to suggest a way to reduce the request into one that could be managed within the fees limit.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB