HC Deb 18 November 1997 vol 301 cc98-9W
Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for reports on the cost of the complaints and discipline departments for the current year of the police forces of (i) Manchester, (ii) Liverpool, (iii) the West Midlands and (iv) Northumbria.[16127]

Mr. Michael

The forces concerned have supplied the information set out below, which may not necessarily be directly comparable. The estimated costs for the current financial year are:

£ million
Greater Manchester Police 2.05
Merseyside Police 1.6
West Midlands Police 1.7
Northumbria 0.86