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Financial year to 31 March( 3)
2007-08
	No. of awards made	No. of claims dismissed	No. of settlements made	No. of claims withdrawn
Avon and Somerset	0	0	0	0
Bedfordshire	0	0	0	0
Cambridgeshire	0	0	2	0
Cheshire	0	0	0	0
Cleveland	0	1	0	0
Cumbria	0	0	1	1
Derbyshire	0	0	2	0
Devon and Cornwall	0	0	0	2
Dorset	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Durham	0	0	0	0
Dyfed-Powys	0	0	0	2
Essex	0	0	0	1
Gloucestershire	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Greater Manchester	7	0	6	0
Gwent	0	1	1	0
Hampshire	0	0	1	0
Hertfordshire	0	0	1	1
Humberside	0	0	0	3
Kent	0	0	0	0
Lancashire	0	1	1	0
Leicestershire	0	0	0	0
Lincolnshire	1	0	0	0
London, City of	0	0	2	0
Merseyside	0	0	2	4
Metropolitan Police	0	5	15	26
Norfolk	0	1	1	0
Northamptonshire	0	1	0	0
Northumbria	0	0	0	0
North Wales	0	1	0	0
North Yorkshire	0	0	0	1
Nottinghamshire	n/a	n/a	1	3
South Wales	0	0	1	1
South Yorkshire	0	0	1	0
Staffordshire	0	0	1	0
Suffolk	0	0	0	0
Surrey	0	0	0	0
Sussex	0	2	1	0
Thames Valley	0	1	2	1
Warwickshire	0	0	1	0
West Mercia	0	0	1	0
West Midlands	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
West Yorkshire	0	0	0	2
Wiltshire	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
(1) All data are unverified and are therefore provided on a provisional basis only. (2) Claims relating to more than one type of discrimination (e.g. sex and race) are included under ‘other discrimination’. (3) Date relates to when the awards were made ore claims were dismissed, settled or withdrawn, even though the original claim may originally have been made in an early year. n/a = Data unavailable.

Police: Dogs

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what roles are fulfilled by dogs in police forces. [260705]

Mr. Coaker: General purpose dogs are trained to deal with the location and recovery of stolen or lost property; the location and detention of offenders; the location of persons reported missing; the maintenance of public order, both in spontaneous outbreaks and pre-planned operations; and in high visibility patrols, both mobile and on foot to contribute to public reassurance.

Firearms support dogs are trained to work in company with, and in support of, teams of armed officers.

Pro-active drugs dogs are trained to search areas, buildings and vehicles to locate controlled drugs, and also firearms/component parts/ammunition and quantities of bank notes.

Passive scanning drugs dogs are trained to scan the air around people to indicate the scent of controlled drugs.

Pro-active scanning explosives dogs are trained to search areas, routes, buildings and vehicles to locate explosives.

Passive scanning explosive dogs are trained to scan the air around people to indicate the scent of explosives.

Crime scene investigation and victim recovery dogs are trained to search areas, buildings and vehicles to locate bodily fluids and human remains.

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many dogs trained at the Metropolitan Police's Dog Training Establishment in Keston had been donated by the public in each of the last five years. [260706]

Mr. Coaker: The information requested is tabled as follows:

	Number
2004	1
2005	6
2006	4
2007	3
2008	3
2009	(1)0
Total	17
(1 )To date.

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many new police dog units have been established in each of the last five years. [260707]

Mr. Woolas: According to information from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), no new police dog units have been established in any of the last five years.

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