HC Deb 21 January 1986 vol 90 cc173-4W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the cost to public funds in each year since its inception of the Association of Chief Police Officers.

Mr. Giles Shaw

The association was formed in 1948. A full-time general secretary was appointed in 1968 to do the work previously done by two chief constables in their own time, but the costs of the secretariat have been met from public funds only since 1 April 1973. Following is the annual expenditure:

£
1973–74 20,608
1974–75 29,476
£
1975–76 38,091
1976–77 41,259
1977–78 47,989
1978–79 57,374
1979–80 96,923
1980–81 108,524
1981–82 133,105
1982–83 142,344
1983–84 148,519
1984–85 151,400
*1985–86 77,566

* First two quarters only.