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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police working dogs have been successfully re-homed in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police working dogs have been successfully re-homed in the last five years.
The Home Office does not collect this information centrally. All operational decisions on the use and deployment of police dogs, including decisions regarding the rehoming of police dogs, are made on a force by force basis and are a matter for chief constables, working with their Police and Crime Commissioners.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the powers available to the police to recover kennelling costs for dogs seized under suspicion of being used for hare-coursing.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the powers available to the police to recover kennelling costs for dogs seized under suspicion of being used for hare-coursing.
The police do not have the power to directly recover the kennelling costs for seized dogs used in hare coursing.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police dogs there were in each police force in (a) 2010 and (b) 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police dogs there were in each police force in (a) 2010 and (b) 2017.
The Home Office does not hold centrally any information on the number of police dogs or police horses in service in police forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police dogs are owned by (a) North Yorkshire Police and (b) other police forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police dogs are owned by (a) North Yorkshire Police and (b) other police forces.
The Home Office does not hold any information centrally on the number of police dogs owned by police forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police dogs and handlers there were in each force (a) in 2010 and (b) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police dogs and handlers there were in each force (a) in 2010 and (b) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the primary function of police officers as part of the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, the latest of which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2017
I congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend on his ten-minute rule Bill. The Government share his view that attacks on service animals are unacceptable and should be dealt with severely under the law. As he will know, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill, which will increase the maximum penalties available for animal cruelty, including attacks on service animals. The short answer to his question is that of course I would be delighted to meet him.
I congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend on his ten-minute rule Bill. The Government share his view that attacks on service animals are unacceptable and should be dealt with severely under the law. As he will know, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill, which will increase the maximum penalties available for animal cruelty, including attacks on service animals. The short answer to his question is that of course I would be delighted to meet him.
Will the Secretary of State or the Minister for Policing meet me to discuss what more may be done to provide protection for police dogs and police horses? Ministers will be aware of concerns arising from the experience of my constituent PC Dave Wardell and his police dog, Finn.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dogs have been reported stolen in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dogs have been reported stolen in each of the last five years.
The information requested is not held centrally. The Home Office holds information on notifiable offences recorded by the police including theft offences, but it is not possible to tell from this information how many dogs or pets in general were stolen.