HC Deb 02 March 1998 vol 307 cc464-5W
24. Mrs. Ballard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the resources made available to Avon and Somerset Police Authority. [30362]

Mr. Michael

Avon and Somerset Police Authority will have a total spending power of £167.4 million in 1998–99, an increase of £6.1 million or 3.8 per cent. over 1997–98. This is slightly higher than the national average increase of 3.7 per cent., and is a healthy rise at a time of public expenditure constraint.