Police officers (FTE)( 1) whose primary function( 2) is “mounted” for 2002-03 to 2006-07
Functions
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
Avon and Somerset
10
14
11
11
10
Bedfordshire
0
0
0
0
0
Cambridgeshire
0
0
0
0
0
Cheshire
0
0
0
0
0
Cleveland
10
10
9
10
10
Cumbria
0
0
0
0
0
Derbyshire
0
0
0
0
0
Devon and Cornwall
0
0
0
0
0
Dorset
0
0
0
0
0
Durham
0
0
0
0
0
Dyfed Powys
0
0
0
0
0
Essex
0
0
0
0
0
Gloucestershire
0
0
0
0
0
Greater Manchester
40
47
49
45
32
Gwent
0
0
0
0
0
Hampshire
0
0
0
0
0
Hertfordshire
0
0
0
0
0
Humberside
7
7
7
6
7
Kent
0
n/a
0
0
0
Lancashire
16
15
15
15
16
Leicestershire
0
0
0
0
0
Lincolnshire
0
0
0
0
0
London, City of
9
12
12
10
11
Merseyside
24
27
25
25
27
Metropolitan Police
120
123
124
145
141
Norfolk
0
0
0
0
0
Northamptonshire
0
0
0
0
0
Northumbria
g
7
9
9
11
North Wales
0
0
0
0
0
North Yorkshire
0
0
0
0
0
Nottinghamshire
8
8
8
7
7
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South Wales
8
9
9
10
9
South Yorkshire
16
n/a
16
16
16
Staffordshire
0
0
0
0
0
Suffolk
0
0
0
0
0
Surrey
0
0
0
0
0
Sussex
0
0
0
0
0
Thames Valley
9
9
8
9
10
Warwickshire
0
0
0
0
0
West Mercia
0
0
0
0
0
West Midlands
0
0
0
0
0
West Yorkshire
26
26
26
26
23
Wiltshire
0
0
0
0
0
n/a = Not available. (1) This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between the totals in this table and totals in similar published tables. (2) Staff with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. The deployment of police officers is an operational matter for individual chief constables. Staff who predominately conduct mounted patrol duties, including supervisors. Including those officers in supporting roles. Note:
Overall force totals including those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. The data in the function breakdown are from unpublished sources and therefore totals may not match totals found in the published data.
Chris Huhne:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the annual cost was of maintaining (a) the mounted police section and (b) the police dogs unit in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area. [208830]
Jacqui Smith:
The information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
This is an operational matter for each police authority and chief officer.
Chris Huhne:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police horses and (b) police dogs were injured in the line of duty in each of the last five years; [208831]
(2) how many (a) horses and (b) dogs were used by each police force in each of the last five years. [208832]
Jacqui Smith:
The information requested is not collected centrally.
