Confirmed it is not possible to establish the average response time or percentage of dog bite incidents that are dealt with by a Community Resolution Order (CRO).

Provided the number of dogs seized, the number of dogs seized that were destroyed and the number of dogs seized that are considered a suspected banned breed in 2022.

Details of Police dogs biting members of the public and Police Officers and resulting action from 2015 to 2021. One Police dog has been destroyed during this period.

Provides the following statistics relating to dangerous dog incidents, allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control offences, dogs seized and dogs destroyed: - Annual numbers of dangerous dog incidents - January 2019 to May 2024 - Annual numbers of offences recorded under the Home Office code '008/21 - Owner of a dog allowing it to be dangerously out of control in public place and cause injury' - April 2015 to June 2024 - Annual numbers of dogs seized - January 2019 to June 2024 - Annual numbers of dogs seized by recorded breed - January 2019 to June 2024 - Annual numbers of dogs destroyed - January 2019 to June 2024 - Annual numbers of dogs destroyed by recorded breed - January 2023 to June 2024

Provided the annual numbers of dogs seized and the numbers of dogs seized under the Dangerous Dogs Act that were destroyed between October 2018 and September 2022.

Provided the numbers of dogs destroyed by year, breed and reason for destruction between 01 September 2020 and 01 September 2023.

Confirmed that Essex Police use the Interim Exemption Scheme for dogs assessed by a Dog Legislation Officer as a banned breed.

Provided the total number of dogs seized by Essex Police for being considered dangerously out of control between 1st of January 2019 and 31st of December 2021 and the number of these that were found to be a prohibited breed.

Data is provided on the offences recorded by Essex Police under the Home Office code ‘008/21 Owner of a dog allowing it to be dangerously out of control in public place and cause injury'. It is broken down by financial year and outcome type between 2017 and 2024.

Provided the numbers of officers by gender within the following Essex Police departments for 2018 to 2022: - The Investigations Departments of the three Local Policing Areas. - The Roads Policing Department. - The OPC Collision Investigation unit. - The Local Policing Team Departments of the three Local Policing Areas. - The Partnership Hubs Departments of the three Local Policing Areas. - The Firearms department. - The OPC Dog Section. Also provided three links to published official police workforce statistics.