Question reference: S5W-12821
- Asked by: Peter Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 17 November 2017 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 November 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of sheep worrying have been recorded in each local authority area in each year since 2007.
Answer
Information on cases of sheep worrying is not held centrally in the format requested. Information is available on the number of offences recorded by Police Scotland under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 – which relates to dogs worrying livestock on agricultural land (table below). However as this legislation applies to all forms of livestock, these figures are not available for specific types of animal.
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Table 1. Offences of Protection of livestock from dogs, by local authority, 2007-08 to 2016-17 |
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2007-08 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
2016-17 |
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Scotland |
81 |
115 |
95 |
122 |
133 |
125 |
98 |
109 |
174 |
175 |
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Aberdeen City |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
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Aberdeenshire |
16 |
12 |
14 |
14 |
12 |
24 |
9 |
10 |
15 |
16 |
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Angus |
3 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
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Argyll & Bute |
3 |
10 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
11 |
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Clackmannanshire |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
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Dumfries & Galloway |
7 |
11 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
12 |
7 |
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Dundee |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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East Ayrshire |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
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East Dunbartonshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
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East Lothian |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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East Renfrewshire |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Edinburgh City |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
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Falkirk |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
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Fife |
3 |
7 |
4 |
9 |
12 |
9 |
6 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
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Glasgow City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Highland |
14 |
18 |
21 |
23 |
18 |
15 |
10 |
15 |
23 |
23 |
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Inverclyde |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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Midlothian |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
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Moray |
3 |
9 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
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Na h-Eileanan Siar |
0 |
7 |
7 |
12 |
14 |
7 |
3 |
8 |
5 |
8 |
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North Ayrshire |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
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North Lanarkshire |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
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Orkney Islands |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
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Perth & Kinross |
8 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
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Renfrewshire |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
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Scottish Borders |
0 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
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Shetland Islands |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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South Ayrshire |
0 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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South Lanarkshire |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
12 |
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Stirling |
5 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
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West Dunbartonshire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
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West Lothian |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
Source: Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2016-17