§ Mr. Nigel EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how he plans to allocate police grant in 1996–97. [13101]
§ Mr. HowardI yesterday laid before the House the police grant report (England and Wales) 1996–97. This should be read in conjunction with, for England, the Local government finance report, the special grant report (No. 16) and, for Wales, with the information laid before the House this afternoon by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
The police grant report includes the allocation of funding for the 5,000 extra officers announced by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister.
Funding figures for each police authority are set out in the table:
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£ million Police force area 1995–96 funding1 1996–97 funding1 English Shire Forces Avon and Somerset 147.8 154.6 Bedfordshire 55.4 57.3 Cambridgeshire 62.7 66.4 Cheshire 93.1 98.5 Cleveland 70.7 73.3 Cumbria 54.3 57.1 Derbyshire 88.3 92.5 Devon and Cornwall 146.5 153.4 Dorset 62.6 64.9 Durham 68.0 71.5 Essex 146.7 151.7 Gloucestershire 56.3 58.5 Hampshire 169.0 175.3 Hertfordshire 87.0 89.9 Humberside 98.1 103.1 Kent 158.1 163.9 Lancashire 155.5 163.5 Leicestershire 89.9 94.8 Lincolnshire 57.1 59.0 Norfolk 71.2 76.0 Northamptonshire 55.8 58.4 North Yorkshire 66.7 69.7 Nottinghamshire 110.2 115.2 Staffordshire 101.2 108.9 Suffolk 58.5 61.7 Surrey 85.1 88.0 Sussex 145.8 151.1 Thames Valley 192.8 202.6 Warwickshire 47.7 49.2 West Mercia 97.8 103.5 Wiltshire 58.7 60.7 English Metropolitan Forces Greater Manchester 327.1 342.5 Merseyside 215.0 221.9 Northumbria 179.6 188.2 South Yorkshire 147.2 154.7 West Midlands 329.3 344.0 West Yorkshire 249.8 260.9
£ million Police force area 1995–96 funding1 1996–97 funding1 London Forces Metrpolitan Police2 1,628.7 1,649.6 City of London3 57.3 59.1 English Total 6,092.6 6,314.9 Welsh Forces Dyfed-Powys 46.3 458.6 Gwent4 60.1 62.8 North Wales 66.0 69.3 South Wales4 143.4 151.1 Welsh Total 315.8 331.7 Total 6,408.4 6,646.7 1Includes SSA, Police Grant and Special (SSA) Reduction) Grant (Police Funding Review). Figure are rounded to the nearest £100,000. 2Figure for the Metropolitan Police does not include funding allocated to the Receiver under the Other Services Block SSA for school crossing patrols, Magistrates' Courts and the Probation Service. 3Figure for the City does not include Capital Financing and Other Services Block SSAs which are allocated to the Common Council of the City of London as a whole in respect of all its functions. 4Figures for South Wales and Gwent police authorities have been adjusted to show what they would have received in 1995–96 had the transfer of the Rhymney Valley from South Wales to Gwent, due to take effect on 1 April 1996, been effective for 1995–96. These adjustments enable valid comparisons to be made between these forces' allocations for 1995–96 and 1996–97.