§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment. Food and Rural Affairs (1) what the estimated amount in tonnes is of horse excrement deposited by police horses belonging to the London1246W Metropolitan Police on public byways and spaces in London in the last year for which figures are available; [187289]
(2) what the estimated cost to local authorities was of collecting excrement from police horses belonging to the London Metropolitan Police from public byways and spaces in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by local authority; [187290]
(3) what (a) tonnage and (b) percentage of excrement produced by horses belonging to the Metropolitan Police was recycled in the form of manure or other compost in the last year for which figures are available; [187291]
(4) what obligations there are on the Metropolitan Police to clean up excrement left by its horses on public byways and spaces in London. [187292]
§ Alun MichaelThere are no figures available for the amount of horse manure excreted by horses belonging to the Metropolitan Police in London, the cost to local authorities for cleaning up horse excrement, nor for the amount of excrement that authorities have collected.
The Metropolitan Police have no obligation to clear up horse excrement.