§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion and total amount of(a) total Government spending and (b) gross domestic product was spent on policing in each of the last five years; and what the planned proportion is of total Government spending in each of the next two years. [141710]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information is set out in the table.
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£ billion Percentage Year Total managed expenditure (TME) Money GDP Police provision Police provision as a proportion of TME Police provision as a proportion of Money GDP 1996–97 343.6 768.1 6.8 1.98 0.89 1997–98 341.2 815.8 7.0 2.05 0.86 1998–99 339.4 858.9 7.2 2.12 0.84 1999–2000 341.5 906.6 7.4 2.17 0.82 2000–01 371.6 950.0 7.7 2.07 0.81 2001–02 394.9 994.8 8.5 2.15 0.85 2002–03 418.3 1,041.8 9.0 2.15 0.86 Notes
1. Police provision is total Government provision (police grant, special grant, capital grant, credit approvals and central Home Office spend and police Standard Sending Assessment).
2. Figures for 2000–01 to 2002–03 are estimates.
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in each police force and in total at the end of September; what the total was in March 1997; and if he will make a statement. [141711]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeInformation about the number of police officers at the end of September 2000 is being prepared and will be published shortly in a Home Office Statistical Bulletin.