§ Mr. ChidgeyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were(a) the total and (b) the average overtime payments for police officers in each police force in England and Wales for each year since 1990.
§ Mr. MacleanThe table shows overtime costs for each police force in 1992–93 and 1993–94. Figures for earlier years are not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The average overtime payment has been calculated by dividing the total cost of overtime for the force by its recorded police strength as at 31 March in the year in question.
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Police overtime Total cost 1992–93 £ Average per officer £ Total cost 1993–94 £ Average per officer £ North Yorkshire 3,001,970 2,155 2,155,751 1,636 Nottinghamshire 2,582,689 1,110 2,176,532 935 South Wales 5,553,765 1,749 4,840,639 1,546 South Yorkshire 7,415,640 2,446 6,150,043 2,034 Staffordshire 3,716,068 1,705 3,555,875 1,610 Suffolk 2,358,621 1,901 1,937,984 1,604 Surrey 3,244,020 1,916 2,761,499 1,655 Sussex 6,215,486 2,066 4,857,135 1,614 Thames Valley 9,882,241 2,574 9,822,938 2,514 Warwickshire 1,836,204 1,800 1,679,423 1,606 West Mercia 4,261,532 2,075 3,097,475 1,504 West Midlands 11,628,414 1,672 9,948,439 1,418 West Yorkshire 7,933,671 1,575 7,361,286 1,459 Wiltshire 2,387,129 1,887 1,653,739 1,308 Metropolitan 76,857,000 2,900 71,113,000 2,567