§ Mr. DjanoglyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officer hours were spent by the Cambridgeshire police force in tackling criminal activity linked to animal rights extremism in each year since 1999. [185073]
§ Caroline Flint[holding answer 19 July 2004]: Information on police hours spent tackling criminal activity linked to animal rights extremism is not collected centrally.
However, Cambridgshire Constabulary tell me that since 1 January 2000 they have spent a total of 35,569 days or 357,548 hours on the response to activities of animal rights protestors.