HC Deb 08 February 2000 vol 344 cc149-50W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of police funding was spent on pensions for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the proportion to be so spent in each of the next 10 years.[109214]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The information available is set out in the table. Information on police pension costs as a proportion of police funding is not available beyond 2001–02.

Percentage
Year Proportion spent on pension costs1
1990–91 7.2
1991–92 7.7
1992–93 8.2
1993–94 9.2
1994–95 10.0
1995–96 10.8
1996–97 11.3
1997–98 11.9
1998–99 12.6
1999–2000 13.8
2000–01 14.1
2001–02 14.8
1 Information from 1990–91 to 1998–99 taken from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accounts Police Statistics. Information from 1999–2000 to 2001–02 taken from Government Actuary's Department Projections of pension costs as a proportion of Total Standard Spending.