The available data are given in the following tables.
Functions 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Avon and Somerset 47 45 45 45 45 Bedfordshire 19 18 17 18 17 Cambridgeshire 19 18 18 19 19 Cheshire 24 23 22 21 25 Cleveland 18 19 19 17 21 Cumbria 20 21 19 20 20 Derbyshire 24 24 24 24 24 Devon and Cornwall 48 47 48 49 46 Dorset 22 20 21 22 23 Durham 26 27 24 25 24 Dyfed Powys 19 19 20 19 20 Essex 46 45 48 48 48 Gloucestershire 16 14 17 17 17 Greater Manchester 116 118 90 96 87 Gwent 16 15 15 16 16 Hampshire 28 35 36 36 33 Hertfordshire 27 26 26 29 28 Humberside 28 28 27 27 27 Kent 48 n/a 45 47 43 Lancashire 41 35 36 30 29 Leicestershire n/a 25 24 22 23 Lincolnshire 22 22 22 19 17 London, City of 18 17 18 18 18 Merseyside 31 32 35 45 44 Metropolitan Police 205 237 241 251 251 Norfolk 19 22 20 20 20 Northamptonshire 14 13 13 13 12 Northumbria 54 60 61 60 61 North Wales 12 12 15 11 12 North Yorkshire 23 23 21 21 20 Nottinghamshire 30 32 33 33 34 South Wales 43 40 43 39 42 South Yorkshire 52 50 44 48 48 Staffordshire 27 28 27 25 26 Suffolk 14 14 13 13 13 Surrey 34 36 33 34 35 Sussex 49 48 51 47 48 Thames Valley 43 40 39 40 41 Warwickshire 15 15 16 16 14 West Mercia 35 37 38 37 37 West Midlands 69 69 67 69 66 West Yorkshire 62 68 61 58 56 Wiltshire 15 15 17 18 18 n/a = Not available. 1 This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between the totals in this table and totals in similar published tables. 2 Staff with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. The deployment of police officers is an operational matter for individual chief constables. Dog handlers including those employed for general policing, drugs and explosive detection duties. Including staff who are predominately employed within dogs sections other that dog handlers. Including those officers in supporting roles. Note: Overall force totals including those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. The data in the function breakdown are from unpublished sources and therefore totals may not match totals found in the published data.
Functions 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Avon and Somerset 10 14 11 11 10 Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 0 0 Cheshire 0 0 0 0 0 Cleveland 10 10 9 10 10 Cumbria 0 0 0 0 0 Derbyshire 0 0 0 0 0 Devon and Cornwall 0 0 0 0 0 Dorset 0 0 0 0 0 Durham 0 0 0 0 0 Dyfed Powys 0 0 0 0 0 Essex 0 0 0 0 0 Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 0 Greater Manchester 40 47 49 45 32 Gwent 0 0 0 0 0 Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 Hertfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 Humberside 7 7 7 6 7 Kent 0 n/a 0 0 0 Lancashire 16 15 15 15 16 Leicestershire 0 0 0 0 0 Lincolnshire 0 0 0 0 0 London, City of 9 12 12 10 11 Merseyside 24 27 25 25 27 Metropolitan Police 120 123 124 145 141 Norfolk 0 0 0 0 0 Northamptonshire 0 0 0 0 0 Northumbria g 7 9 9 11 North Wales 0 0 0 0 0 North Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0 Nottinghamshire 8 8 8 7 7 South Wales 8 9 9 10 9 South Yorkshire 16 n/a 16 16 16 Staffordshire 0 0 0 0 0 Suffolk 0 0 0 0 0 Surrey 0 0 0 0 0 Sussex 0 0 0 0 0 Thames Valley 9 9 8 9 10 Warwickshire 0 0 0 0 0 West Mercia 0 0 0 0 0 West Midlands 0 0 0 0 0 West Yorkshire 26 26 26 26 23 Wiltshire 0 0 0 0 0 n/a = Not available. 1 This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between the totals in this table and totals in similar published tables. 2 Staff with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. The deployment of police officers is an operational matter for individual chief constables. Staff who predominately conduct mounted patrol duties, including supervisors. Including those officers in supporting roles. Note: Overall force totals including those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. The data in the function breakdown are from unpublished sources and therefore totals may not match totals found in the published data.
The information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
This is an operational matter for each police authority and chief officer.
(2) how many (a) horses and (b) dogs were used by each police force in each of the last five years.
The information requested is not collected centrally.