Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help ensure that police forces have the resources to tackle illegal dog fighting.

The Home Office remains committed to ensuring that the police have the resources they need. However, it is for Chief Constables and directly elected PCCs, and Mayors with PCC functions to make operational decisions based on their local knowledge and experience, including how to allocate resources.

The police now have record ever numbers across England & Wales, and that Police funding is £550m higher this year than last year.