FOI 5450-25 Kennelling banned breeds

Request:

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

Response:

1. Searches were conducted within Northamptonshire Police to locate the information and I can now confirm that Northamptonshire Police does not hold any information relative to your request. Invoices are not split by breeds but by the costs for all dogs collectively.

2. £0.00 staff costs have remained the same

3. No

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason, responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.