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Police: Animals

Volume 460: debated on Friday 18 May 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many police (a) dogs and (b) horses (i) were recruited and (ii) were in service in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years, broken down by police force area; (137153)

(2) what the total cost is of fully training a police (a) horse and (b) dog; and how long it takes in each case;

(3) how many and what percentage of police (a) horses and (b) dogs (i) retired and (ii) were destroyed in each of the last 10 years;

(4) how many animals are employed by the police in England and Wales, broken down by species.

The required information is not collected as part of the police service strength data series.