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Home Department
101 Calls: Finance
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding his Department will provide for the national non-emergency number in the next three years. [324778]
Mr. Hanson: In March 2010, as part of the Safe and Confident Neighbourhoods Strategy, the Government announced their intention to work with the Association of Chief Police Officers and the Association of Police Authorities to develop the '101' number as a national non-emergency number for contacting the police. This will enable the public to report non-emergency crime and antisocial behaviour concerns and contact their local police force, using the same three-digit telephone number, wherever they live in England and Wales. We intend a national police non-emergency number to be in place by March 2012, subject to further work on the procurement of a suitable infrastructure which provides value for money for the police service, Government and the public.
The Home Office is currently committed to funding the existing contract for the '101' number until March 2011. In 2010-11, this will be approximately £950,000. Any future funding will be subject to the next comprehensive spending review.
Animal Experiments
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what budgetary provision his Department has made in 2010-11 for the conducting, directly or otherwise, of scientific procedures on animals pursuant to his Department's objectives; and how much was spent on this in 2009-10. [323212]
Meg Hillier: The Home Office administers a cross-Government account to fund counter-terrorism research. None of that money is ring-fenced for animal research; and no details are held of spending on animal research in 2009-10, or planned spending for this purpose in 2010-11.
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many animals of each species were used in scientific procedures (a) commissioned directly by his Department and (b) otherwise undertaken pursuant to decisions taken by his Department in the most recent year for which figures are available. [323214]
Meg Hillier: In 2009, a total of 170 animals were used in scientific procedures commissioned directly or otherwise by the Home Office, comprising 120 mice, 38 guinea pigs and 12 mini pigs.
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