1. What type of council is your council?
a) Upper-tier (i.e. County): X
b) Unitary (i.e. Unitary, Metropolitan Borough, London Borough):
c) Lower-tier (i.e. District, Borough, City):

2. How many officers across all departments deal with animal welfare issues?
a) 0:
b) 2:
c) 4:
d) 6: X (4 for livestock , 2 animal wardens)
e) 8:
▢f) >8:
3. How many dedicated officers do you have for dealing solely with animal welfare issues (from licensing through to dog warden issues)?
a) 0:
b) 1:
c) 2:
d) 3: X
e) 4:
f) >5:

4. How many of those officers have undertaken specific animal welfare-related training for that role?
a) None of them:
b) 1:
c) 2:
d) 3:
e) 4:
f) All of them: X

5. Does your council carry out its own animal welfare enforcement work, work jointly with another council or sub-contract it to another council or a third party?
a) Carries out own enforcement work: X
b) Works with other enforcement agencies on a case by case basis:
c) Sub-contracts enforcement out to another council or third party: X
(We subcontract licensing inspections under the animal welfare regs out which may include welfare concerns)

6. Are you part of a local or regional forum for councils and other enforcement bodies focusing on animal welfare issues and/or sharing knowledge? If so please can you share the name of the forum, the point of contact for it and their email address.
TSSE regional group