HC Deb 09 February 2000 vol 344 cc172-3W
Mr. Burgon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the results of police forces' bids for funding from the Crime Fighting Fund to recruit police officers. [109672]

Mr. Straw

All 43 police forces in England and Wales bid for a share of the Crime Fighting Fund to recruit 5,000 police officers over and above the number they had otherwise planned to recruit over the next three years commencing April 2000.

The total number of officers which forces bid for came to 8,220. As all forces meet the gateway criteria set out in the Bidding Guidelines, I have, in allocating funding for the 5,000 officers between forces, taken into account the information which they provided in support of their bids.

The table shows the number of police recruits each force has bid for, the number they have been allocated in each year of the scheme and in total, and the funding each will receive in year one of the scheme.

The numbers of officers in years two and three are provisional at this stage. They are dependent on forces meeting the continuation criteria for benefiting from the Fund in those years.

Forces tell us that, without the additional resources from the fund, they are planning to recruit a total of 12,478 police officers (new recruits to the service) in the three years commencing in April 2000. Their estimates reflect the decisions they and their police authorities have made about the way in which they will use the resources available to them next year, and the assumptions they have made about funding and budget levels in the two following years which have yet to be settled. The money from the Crime Fighting Fund will be used to recruit 5,000 officers over and above the number forces plan to recruit over the three-year period.

Crime Fighting Fund: Recruits
Allocation Year 1 costs (£)
Forces 3 Year total bid 2000–01 Year 1 2001–02 Year 2 2002–03 Year 3 Total Total to force Training1 Total Year 1
Avon and Somerset 165 20 40 41 101 510,000 140,000 650,000
Bedfordshire 102 11 22 22 55 280,500 77,000 357,500
Cambridgeshire 69 16 14 12 42 408,000 112,000 520,000
Cheshire 115 17 34 35 86 433,500 119,000 552,500
City of London 16 8 0 0 8 225,040 56,000 281,040
Cleveland 57 5 23 0 28 127,500 35,000 162,500
Cumbria 60 8 16 16 40 204,000 56,000 260,000
Derbyshire 250 20 40 41 101 510,000 140,000 650,000
Devon and Cornwall 200 28 55 55 138 714,000 196,000 910,000
Dorset 90 9 18 19 46 229,500 63,000 292,500
Durham 60 13 18 20 51 331,500 91,000 422,500
Dyfed Powys 100 10 20 20 50 255,000 70,000 325,000
Essex 124 23 40 40 103 586,500 161,000 747,500
Gloucestershire 70 12 20 20 52 306,000 84,000 390,000
Greater Manchester 1,000 78 145 155 378 1,989,000 546,000 2,535,000
Gwent 65 12 20 11 43 306,000 84,000 390,000
Hampshire 150 27 53 53 133 688,500 189,000 877,500
Hertfordshire 48 13 16 16 45 331,500 91,000 422,500
Humberside 251 15 29 30 74 382,500 105,000 487,500
Kent 180 30 58 58 146 765,000 210,000 975,000
Lancashire 152 25 51 50 126 637,500 175,000 812,500
Leicestershire 150 17 26 40 83 433,500 119,000 552,500
Lincolnshire 50 11 20 10 41 280,500 77,000 357,500
Merseyside 360 40 80 81 201 1,020,000 280,000 1,300,000
Metropolitan Police 1,800 242 424 447 1,113 6,807,460 1,694,000 8,501,460
Norfolk 90 11 30 25 66 280,500 77,000 357,500
North Wales 75 12 25 25 62 306,000 84,000 390,000
North Yorkshire 39 5 20 0 25 127,500 35,000 162,500
Northamptonshire 105 14 25 14 53 357,000 98,000 455,000
Northumbria 172 27 57 52 136 688,500 189,000 877,500
Nottinghamshire 120 17 35 35 87 433,500 119,000 552,500
South Wales 90 14 27 27 68 357,000 98,000 455,000
South Yorkshire 150 20 40 41 101 510,000 140,000 650,000
Staffordshire 102 17 33 33 83 433,500 119,000 552,500
Suffolk 73 11 24 10 45 280,500 77,000 357,500
Surrey 120 18 30 30 78 459,000 126,000 585,000
Sussex 135 22 45 45 112 561,000 154,000 715,000
Thames Valley 379 40 80 80 200 1,020,000 280,000 1,300,000
Warwickshire 68 6 24 0 30 153,000 42,000 195,000
West Mercia 108 18 35 36 89 459,000 126,000 585,000
West Midlands 480 64 120 126 310 1,632,000 448,000 2,080,000
West Yorkshire 180 26 52 53 131 663,000 182,000 845,000
Wiltshire 50 8 16 16 40 204,000 56,000 260,000
Total 8,220 1,060 2,000 1,940 5,000 27,687,500 7,420,000 35,107,500
1 The £7,000 per recruit to forces other than the Metropolitan Police Service for training will be paid to National Police Training