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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 11655 and Warwickshire Police 11656
I write in connection with your requests for information which were received on 12th April 2019. Please find below the responses to your requests for West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police information:
Question 1:
How many police dogs were there in the force's dog unit in the following years, broken down by job type.
Question 2:
Please list the main breeds used in the totals in question 1. Please list the most commonly used breeds first.
Question 3:
How many FULL TIME members of staff (trainers, handlers, officers etc) were working in the force's dog unit in the following years 2009-2018
Question 4:
How many police horses were there in the force's mounted unit in the following years 2009-2018
Question 5:
How many FULL TIME members of staff (trainers, handlers, officers etc) were working in the mounted unit in the following years 2009-2018
Question 6:
What was the forces total budget in the last ten years, and what budget was allocated to the dog and mounted unit
REPLY:
West Mercia Police 11655
Warwickshire Police 11656
Q1 - The Alliance does not accurately record detail in this format. The number of dogs is ever fluid throughout the year so we cannot provide in a correct manner. We also do not hold data past a certain point. We can only answer what current dogs we have in service as GP and specialist search as above.
GP DOGS DETECTION DOGS TOTAL
2019 35 25 57
Q2 - GSD , Malinois and Spaniel
Q3 - Please see the attached tables
Q4 - The Alliance does not have a mounted unit.
Q5 - The Alliance does not have a mounted unit.
Q6 -
West Mercia Police
This is an Alliance Budget which is pooled so the budget is split 69% for West Mercia
Year |
|
2009 |
No Information available |
2010 |
No Information available |
2011 |
No Information available |
2012 |
£56,006.00 |
2013 |
£55,407.00 |
2014 |
£55,342.14 |
2015 |
£55,342.14 |
2016 |
£54,997.14 |
2017 |
£54,997.14 |
2018 |
£80,527.14 |
The budgets are not broken down in particular types of spend but the budget includes purchase of police dogs, police dog food, police dogs equipment in kennels and Police dogs vets bills.
*2018 Includes additional £27k for replacement dog cages & £10k increase in vets fees due to additional dogs
Warwickshire Police
This was an Alliance Budget which is pooled so the budget is split 31% for Warwickshire
Year |
Budget |
2009 |
No Information available |
2010 |
No Information available |
2011 |
No Information available |
2012 |
No Information available |
2013 |
£24,893.00 |
2014 |
£24,863.86 |
2015 |
£24,863.86 |
2016 |
£24,708.86 |
2017 |
£24,708.86 |
2018 |
£36,178.86 |