HC Deb 11 March 2003 vol 401 cc208-10W
Norman Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) dogs and (b) horses are employed by each police force, broken down by species.[100370]

Mr. Denham

The Association of Chief Police Officers has provided the following information:

Number of police dogs in each force area by breed
Constabularies German Shepherd Labrador Border Collie Retriever German Pointer Springer Spaniel Cocker Spaniel
Surrey 28 6 1 — — 11 —
Sussex 33 7 1 — — 21 —
Thames Valley 33 — 2 — — 16 1
Warwickshire 12 2 — — — 4 —
West Mercia 42 3 1 — — 13 —
West Midlands 69 3 — — — 24 —
West Yorkshire 51 — 5 — — 24 1
Wiltshire 12 — — — — 8 —

Constabularies Cross Breeds Weimaraner Malinois Rottweiler Bloodhound Working Sheepdog Totals
Avon and Somerset — 1 — — — — 60
Bedfordshire — — — 1 — — 28
Cambridgeshire — — — — — — 26
Cheshire — — — — — — 37
City of London — — — — — — 27
Cleveland — — — — — — 30
Cumbria 2 — — — — — 28
Derbyshire 1 — — — — — 31
Devon and Cornwall — — — — 1 — 63
Dorset — — — 1 — — 27
Durham — — — — — — 38
Dyfed Powys — — 1 — 1 — 31
Essex — — — — — — 55
Gloucestershire — — — — — — 25
Greater Manchester — — 1 — — — 167
Gwent — — — — — — 26
Hampshire — — 1 — — — 48
Hertfordshire — — — — — 1 33
Humberside — — — — — — 38
Isle of Man — — — — — — 5
Kent 1 — 2 — — — 56
Lancashire — — — 2 — — 77
Leicestershire — — — — — — 33
Lincolnshire — — — 1 — — 30
Merseyside — — — — — — 63
Metropolitan — — — — — — 239
Norfolk 1 — — — — — 27
Northamptonshire — — — 1 — — 21
Northumbria — — — — — — 84
North Wales — — — — — — 14
North Yorkshire — — — — — — 34
Nottinghamshire — — — — — — 37
South Wales — — — — — — 63
South Yorkshire — — — — — — 108
Staffordshire — — — — — — 26
Suffolk — — — — — — 22
Surrey — — — 1 — — 47
Sussex — — — 1 — — 63
Thames Valley — — — — — — 52
Warwickshire — — — — — — 18
West Mercia — — 1 — — — 60
West Midlands 2 — — 4 — — 102
West Yorkshire — — 1 — — — 82
Wiltshire 1 — — — — — 21

Number of police horses by force area
Constabularies Horses
Avon and Somerset 10
City of London 6
Cleveland 9
Greater Manchester 41
Humberside 8
Lancashire 20
Merseyside 24

Number of police horses by force are
Constabularies Horses
Metropolitan 120
Northumbria 9
Nottinghamshire 10
South Wales 8
South Yorkshire 16
Thames Valley 8
West Yorkshire 22