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Please provide the following information regarding your council’s regulation of dog-breeding establishments under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 or the equivalent legislation in Wales (the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021). Please supply figures for each of the past three calendar years (2022, 2023 and 2024). If your records are held by financial year rather than calendar year, please provide data for 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 instead. Please provide the following: (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: a. Investigations initiated b. Formal warnings / improvement notices issued c. Fixed-penalty notices issued d. Cautions administered e. Prosecutions commenced f. Prosecutions resulting in conviction (10) Does the council maintain a public register of licensed dog breeders? 10a. If yes, please provide the URL or explain how the public may access it. 10b. If no, please confirm whether an internal register exists.

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(1) Number of dog-breeding licences currently issued by your authority. 1 (2) Number of new licence applications received, and number refused each year. 2022/Nil 2023/1 received- nil refused 2024/1 zero refused (3) Total income received from dog-breeding licence fees each year. The fee for a dog breeding licence application in 2022-2024 was £86.17 (4) Total expenditure on administering and enforcing these licences each year (including officer time, inspections, and related costs). Our fee is set on a cost-recovery basis. (5) Number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) officers responsible for animal-licensing inspection and enforcement in each year. 0.2 (6) Number of inspections carried out at licensed breeding premises each year. 2022 – no applications received so no inspection carried out (7) Number of inspections carried out at unlicensed or suspected breeding premises each year. Nil (8) Number of dog-breeding licences revoked, suspended, or not renewed each year. Nil (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: Nil (10) Does the council maintain a public register of licensed dog breeders? No 10a. If yes, please provide the URL or explain how the public may access it. Yes