Kennelling costs for banned breeds of dogs since the ban came in from February 2024 to February 2025

8 April 2025

Our Ref’s: FOI2025/02253, 02242 and 02232                     

REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 Ref No’s: FOI2025/02253, 02242 AND 02232

****PLEASE NOTE THIS RESPONSE IS A COLLABORATED RESPONSE FROM BEDFORDSHIRE POLICE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE & HERTFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARIES****

I write in connection with your request for information received on 12 March.  I note you seek access to the following information:

Request

How much the force has spent on kennelling banned breeds or the XL Bully since the ban came in. Please provide a monthly breakdown of the costs since February 2024 up to and including February 2025.

How much more has the force spent on staffing the dog section of the force since the ban came in, and how many staff did this budget pay for.

Has the force received more funding for kennels/staffing the XL Bully Ban, or has this been redirected from other areas of policing.

Response

I am required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (The Act) to handle all requests in a manner that is blind to the identity of the requestor. Any information released in response to a request is regarded as being published and therefore, in the public domain without caveat.

Following enquiries made within the collaborated Dog Unit of the three Force’s, please find the information you have requested below:

1. No information held – kennelling invoices are not broken down by dog breed, therefore we are unable to supply specific kennelling cost for XL bully dogs.
2. £253,458 [includes overtime], 6 Officers
3. No

The numerical data presented in this response is an un-audited snapshot of un-published data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter please do not hesitate to contact me quoting the above reference number.

Yours sincerely,
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