§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what agreements he promised that Her
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Birmingham 329 358 355 357 412 396 394 Featherstone 107 112 127 119 121 126 123 Holloway 171 185 210 270 277 310 313 Styal 65 103 104 104 104 105 108 The highest levels of inmate population were:
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1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Birmingham 1,118 1,119 1,096 1,119 1,153 1,158 * Featherstone 484 492 515 529 533 536 * Holloway 423 451 352 347 351 358 * Styal 216 260 264 237 231 235 * * Figures for 1985 are not yet available. in the Metropolitan police force, the annual cost of keeping the dogs and the number of dog handlers employed.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe Metropolitan police have authority for a total of 332 dogs and handlers but in practice there is some variation from this figure in the number of dogs employed on operational duties or in training at any one time. As at 14 April 1986 there were 326 dogs in service costing an estimated £255,000 per annum. The breeds and the purposes for which they are used are as follows:
Majesty's Government would seek with other countries to deprive drug traffickers of their financial gains when he recently addressed the Association of Chief Police Officers.
§ Mr. Giles ShawMy right hon. Friend undertook to build on the powers given in the Drug Trafficking Offences Bill, once enacted, by negotiating mutual enforcement agreements with other countries. He also stressed the Government's support for a new United Nations convention on drug trafficking which will call for national measures in all signatory countries to facilitate the seizing of drug traffickers' assets.