Response 3826595

Response to request for information

Reference

3826595

Response date

4 November 2025

Request

1. Number of dog-breeding licences currently issued by your authority.
2. Number of new licence applications received and number refused each year.
3. Total income received from dog-breeding licence fees each year.
4. Total expenditure on administering and enforcing these licences each year (including officer time, inspections and related costs).
5. Number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) officers responsible for animal-licensing inspection and enforcement in each year.
6. Number of inspections carried out at licensed breeding premises each year.
7. Number of inspections carried out at unlicensed or suspected breeding premises each year.
8. Number of dog-breeding licences revoked, suspended, or not renewed each year.
9. If held, the number of formal investigations or enforcement actions relating to breaches of dog-breeding licence conditions or unlicensed breeding, broken down (where recorded) by:
   1. Investigations initiated 
   2. Formal warnings / improvement notices issued
   3. Fixed-penalty notices issued
   4. Cautions administered
   5. Prosecutions commenced
   6. Prosecutions resulting in conviction

10. Does the council maintain a public register of licensed dog breeders?
    1. If yes, please provide the URL or explain how the public may access it.
    2. If no, please confirm whether an internal register exists.

Response

1. Number of dog-breeding licences currently issued by your authority
   • Answer = 3
2. Number of new licence applications received and number refused each year.
   • Answer = see licensing spreadsheet
3. Total income received from dog-breeding licence fees each year.
   • Answer = see spreadsheet in answer 2.
4. Total expenditure on administering and enforcing these licences each year (including officer time, inspections and related costs).
   • Answer = Forms
5. Number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) officers responsible for animal-licensing inspection and enforcement in each year.
   • Answer = Two
6. Number of inspections carried out at licensed breeding premises each year.
   • 2021/22 - 5
   • 2022/23 - 2
   • 2023/24 - 1
7. Number of inspections carried out at unlicensed or suspected breeding premises each year.
   • Answer = 4
8. Number of dog-breeding licences revoked, suspended, or not renewed each year. 
   • Answer = see spreadsheet in answer 2.
9. If held, the number of formal investigations or enforcement actions relating to breaches of dog-breeding licence conditions or unlicensed breeding, broken down (where recorded) by:
   1. Investigations initiated = 2 
   2. Formal warnings / improvement notices issued = nil
   3. Fixed-penalty notices issued = nil
   4. Cautions administered = nil
   5. Prosecutions commenced = nil
   6. Prosecutions resulting in conviction = nil

10. Does the council maintain a public register of licensed dog breeders?
    1. If yes, please provide the URL or explain how the public may access it.
    2. If no, please confirm whether an internal register exists.

See Licensing Applications