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Prisons: Dogs

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) passive and (b) active dogs there are in each prison in England and Wales; and on what basis they are distributed. [317400]

Maria Eagle: Allocation of drug detection dogs around the estate is decided on a regional basis, according to need. The profile is not static. In some regions there is a regional pool of dogs and handlers, moving from prison to prison as required. In other regions dogs and handlers are allocated to and permanently based in individual prisons as required.

As of October 2009 the Prison Service had 216 active drug dogs and 204 passive drug dogs in prisons, allocated as follows:


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Number
Prison Active drug dogs Passive drug dogs

Acklington

2

1

Ashfield

0

1

Ashwell

1

1

Aylesbury

1

0

Bedford

2

2

Belmarsh

4

2

Birmingham

4

2

Blantyre House

0

0

Blundeston

2

2

Brinsford

2

2

Bristol

2

2

Brixton

2

2

Bronzefield

1

1

Bullingdon

2

2

Bullwood Hall

0

0

Canterbury

0

0

Cardiff

1

1

Castington

2

2

Channings Wood

2

2

Chelmsford

3

2

Coldingley

2

2

Cookham Wood

0

0

Dartmoor

2

2

Deerbolt

2

2

Dorchester

2

2

Dovegate

1

3

Downview

1

1

Drake Hall

0

1

Durham

4

4

East Sutton Park

0

0

Eastwood Park

2

2

Edmunds Hill

2

2

Elmley

0

0

Erlestoke

2

1

Exeter

2

2

Featherstone

1

1

Feltham

1

1

Ford

1

1

Foston Hall

1

1

Frankland

3

3

Full Sutton

3

4

Gartree

2

2

Glen Parva

2

2

Gloucester

2

2

Grendon

2

2

Guys Marsh

0

0

Hewell

6

6

Highdown

2

2

Highpoint

4

4

Hollesley Bay

1

1

Holloway

2

2

Holme House

2

2

Huntercombe

0

0

Isle of Wight

6

5

Kingston

2

2

Latchmere House

0

0

Leicester

2

2

Lewes

2

1

Leyhill

4

2

Lincoln

1

1

Littlehay

2

2

Long Lartin

5

5

Low Newton

1

1

Lowdham Grange

1

1

Maidstone

1

1

Manchester

4

3

Morton Hall

1

1

North Sea Camp

1

1

North West Area Search Team(1)

14

13

Norwich

3

3

Nottingham

2

2

Onley

1

1

Parc

1

1

Pentonville

3

3

Peterborough

2

2

Portland

2

1

Ranby

2

2

Reading

1

1

Rochester

2

2

Rye Hill

2

1

Send

1

1

Shepton Mallet

1

1

Shrewsbury

2

1

Springhill

0

0

Stafford

2

2

Standford Hill

1

0

Stocken

4

4

Stoke Heath

2

2

Sudbury

2

2

Swaleside

2

2

Swansea

1

1

Swinfen Hall

1

1

The Mount

3

3

The Verne

1

1

Usk/Prescoed

0

0

Wakefield

3

4

Wandsworth

3

3

Warren Hill

1

1

Wayland

3

4

Wellingborough

2

2

Werrington

0

0

Wharton

1

1

Whitemoor

4

4

Winchester

1

2

Woodhill

4

3

Wormwood Scrubs

2

2

Yorkshire and Humber Area Search Team(2)

11

10

Total

216

204

(1) The North West Area Search Team covers the following prisons: Altcourse, Buckley Hall, Forest Bank, Garth, Haverigg, Hindley, Kennet, Kirkham, Lancaster Castle/Farms, Liverpool, Preston, Risley, Styal, Thorn Cross and Wymott. (2) The Yorkshire and Humber Area Search Team covers the following prisons: Askham Grange, Doncaster, Everthorpe, Hull, Leeds, Lindholme, Moorlands, New Hall, Northallerton, Wealstun, Wetherby and Wolds.

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