Pest control 981/2025

FOI Reference: 981/2025

Request 1 - 5:

Please provide the following information for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2025, broken down by financial year:

1. Total expenditure by the police force on pest control services, including both in-house provision and external/contracted services.
2. If any services are contracted out, please provide the supplier name(s) and the contract value(s).
3. The number of call-outs/treatments by species category (e.g. rats, mice, pigeons, gulls, foxes, grey squirrels, wasps, bedbugs, cockroaches—please use your own categories if recorded differently).
4. For any lethal control commissioned or carried out by the force, the number of animals killed by species and, where recorded, the method used (e.g. trapping, poisoning, shooting).
5. A copy of any policy, guidance, or standard operating procedure relating to the force’s pest control service or contractors.

Response 1:  

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

2020/2021 - £15,486.41

2021/2022 - £15,868.59

2022/2023 - £16,626.11

2023/2024 - £5,554.40

2024/2025 - £2,267.17

Response 2:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

The service was contracted out to CBRE from 27/05/2019 to 27/05/2023.

Response 3:

I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that this information is not recorded.

Response 4:

I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that this information is not recorded.

Response 5:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Dyfed Powys Police (DPP) follow the principles of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) process as part of the wider Welsh Government’s guidance.

This is a sustainable approach to managing pests, weeds, and diseases on our land.

DPP’s IPM is limited to a relatively small Estate with focus on the following areas of space:

• agriculture
• horticulture
• forestry
• amenity

The aims of the IPM approach are to:

• support healthy crops using a range of plant protection methods
• support resilient and sustainable agricultural production
• help manage pesticide resistance
• encourage natural pest control mechanisms
• enhance wildlife and biodiversity
• reduce reliance on the use of chemical pesticides.                                              

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 11/11/2025)