HC Deb 20 January 2000 vol 342 cc546-51W
Mr. Chope

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each police authority in England the percentage of net expenditure in(a) 1996–97, (b) 1997–98 and (c) 1998–99 which was funded by (i) council tax, (ii) police grant and (iii) other grants. [105258]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The information requested on council tax and police grant, which has been compiled from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy's Police Statistics, is set out in the table. Information on the percentage of net expenditure funded by other grants is not readily available.

Percentage of English police force net expenditure met by council tax, Home Office police specific grant and other sources, 1996–97 to 1998–99
Council tax Home Office police specific grant Other sources
1996–97
Avon and Somerset 14.8 50.8 34.4
Bedfordshire 14.9 50.9 34.2
Cambridgeshire 15.7 51.3 33.0
Cheshire 16.0 52.6 31.4
City of London n/a 48.6 n/a
Cleveland 9.9 50.3 39.7
Cumbria 14.4 50.5 35.2
Derbyshire 14.7 51.3 34.0
Devon and Cornwall 16.1 51.2 32.7
Dorset 22.1 47.9 30.0
Durham 11.4 52.7 35.9
Essex 17.4 50.3 32.3
Gloucestershire 15.2 50.2 34.6
Greater Manchester 10.0 50.4 39.6
Hampshire 16.3 51.0 32.8
Hertfordshire 17.8 51.0 31.2
Humberside 11.7 51.9 36.4
Kent 15.8 51.1 33.1
Lancashire 12.1 50.6 37.2
Leicestershire 13.6 51.0 35.3
Lincolnshire 21.1 48.5 30.3
Merseyside 10.6 50.9 38.5
Metropolitan Police 8.3 50.3 41.4
Norfolk 15.4 50.6 34.0
Northamptonshire 20.7 49.5 29.8
Northumbria 10.0 50.5 39.5

Percentage of English police force net expenditure met by council tax, Home Office police specific grant and other sources, 1996–97 to 1998–99
Council tax Home Office police specific grant Other sources
North Yorkshire 17.7 52.1 30.1
Nottinghamshire 12.1 50.9 37.0
South Yorkshire 10.8 51.7 37.5
Staffordshire 14.5 50.6 34.8
Suffolk 16.2 50.9 32.9
Surrey 17.0 49.3 33.7
Sussex 17.2 50.3 32.5
Thames Valley 17.9 50.5 31.6
Warwickshire 17.0 51.8 31.1
West Mercia 17.0 50.6 32.4
West Midlands 10.1 51.0 38.9
West Yorkshire 10.4 49.2 40.5
Wiltshire 17.4 50.7 31.9
Total 12.3 50.6 37.1

Council tax Home Office police specific grant Other sources
1997–98
Avon and Somerset 16.9 52.1 31.0
Bedfordshire 16.5 51.4 32.1
Cambridgeshire 17.2 50.3 32.6
Cheshire 16.7 49.1 34.2
City of London n/a 47.5 n/a
Cleveland 11.4 49.7 38.9
Cumbria 15.2 48.7 36.1
Derbyshire 16.0 50.3 33.7
Devon and Cornwall 17.1 50.9 32.0
Dorset 23.9 48.5 27.6
Durham 12.1 48.6 39.3
Essex 18.9 50.6 30.5
Gloucestershire 17.4 51.8 30.8
Greater Manchester 11.4 49.8 38.7
Hampshire 17.8 50.1 32.1
Hertfordshire 19.3 51.0 29.6
Humberside 12.8 49.9 37.2
Kent 16.6 48.6 34.8
Lancashire 13.6 49.5 36.9
Leicestershire 14.8 49.9 35.2
Lincolnshire 20.5 46.5 33.0
Merseyside 12.2 50.7 37.1
Metropolitan Police 9.4 53.7 36.9
Norfolk 16.7 48.7 34.7
Northamptonshire 21.2 46.8 32.1
Northumbria 11.1 49.0 39.9
North Yorkshire 18.4 49.8 31.8
Nottinghamshire 12.4 49.0 38.6
South Yorkshire 11.6 47.8 40.6
Staffordshire 16.3 51.9 31.8
Suffolk 17.8 50.0 32.2
Surrey 16.6 49.3 34.1
Sussex 18.7 49.7 31.6

Police force net expenditure, and percentage met by council tax, Home Office police specific grant and other sources, 1996–97 to 1998–99
£000
1996–97 1997–98
Council tax Home Office police specific grant Other Net expenditure Council tax Home Office police specific grant Other Net expenditure
Avon and Somerset 22,443 77,279 52,365 152,087 25,839 79,564 47,270 152,673
Bedfordshire 8,433 28,811 19,383 56,627 9,643 30,102 18,825 58,570
Cambridgeshire 10,236 33,356 21,432 65,024 11,800 n/a n/a 68,681
Cheshire 15,072 49,500 29,605 94,177 17,322 51,103 35,580 104,005
City of London n/a 27,832 n/a 57,317 n/a 27,476 n/a 57,893
Cleveland 7,250 36,801 29,057 73,108 8,587 37,523 29,316 75,426
Cumbria 8,168 28,689 19,999 56,856 9,365 30,038 22,306 61,709

Council tax Home Office police specific grant Other sources
Thames Valley 19.5 49.7 30.8
Warwickshire 18.2 50.4 31.4
West Mercia 18.5 49.5 32.0
West Midlands 11.1 48.7 40.3
West Yorkshire 11.5 47.0 41.4
Wiltshire 20.1 53.0 26.8
Total 13.5 50.6 35.8

Council tax Home Office police specific grant Other sources
1998–99
Avon and Somerset 17.0 51.6 31.4
Bedfordshire 16.9 50.6 32.6
Cambridgeshire 15.4 50.4 34.3
Cheshire 17.3 50.3 32.4
City of London n/a 42.9 n/a
Cleveland 9.5 51.3 39.2
Cumbria 18.8 47.0 34.3
Derbyshire 17.2 50.0 32.8
Devon and Cornwall 15.8 51.7 32.4
Dorset 25.8 47.6 26.6
Durham 11.3 53.6 35.1
Essex 22.1 50.1 27.8
Gloucestershire 18.5 48.6 33.0
Greater Manchester 12.0 52.8 35.2
Hampshire 16.9 52.1 31.0
Hertfordshire 21.4 49.2 29.4
Humberside 12.2 50.3 37.5
Kent 15.6 52.3 32.1
Lancashire 13.2 50.6 36.2
Leicestershire 16.9 49.3 33.7
Lincolnshire 23.5 45.7 30.8
Merseyside 12.2 49.6 38.2
Metropolitan Police 11.9 54.3 33.8
Norfolk 17.7 51.5 30.8
Northamptonshire 20.7 48.1 31.2
Northumbria 9.8 51.0 39.2
North Yorkshire 17.3 51.4 31.3
Nottinghamshire 13.1 49.4 37.4
South Yorkshire 11.8 50.6 37.6
Staffordshire 20.5 49,0. 30.5
Suffolk 17.8 51.4 30.8
Surrey 24.7 44.5 30.8
Sussex 18.2 51.5 30.3
Thames Valley 19.0 53.6 27.4
Warwickshire 21.3 50.4 28.3
West Mercia 18.8 47.8 33.4
West Midlands 10.1 51.6 38.3
West Yorkshire 11.7 51.4 36.9
Wiltshire 20.0 47.2 32.8
Total 13.7 49.0 37.3

Source:

1996/97–1998/99: CIPFA Police Statistics Actuals

Police force net expenditure, and percentage met by council tax, Home Office police specific grant and other sources, 1996–97 to 1998–99
£000
1996–97 1997–98
Council tax Home Office police specific grant Other Net expenditure Council tax Home Office police specific grant Other Net expenditure
Derbyshire 13,333 46,356 30,731 90,420 15,276 48,090 32,275 95,641
Devon and Cornwall 24,192 77,025 49,175 150,392 26,602 79,047 49,786 155,435
Dorset 14,983 32,474 20,374 67,831 16,684 33,804 19,239 69,727
Durham 7,778 35,828 24,429 68,035 9,087 36,513 29,566 75,166
Dyfed-Powys 7,901 24,241 15,727 47,869 8,244 25,198 17,510 50,952
Essex 26,275 76,161 48,976 151,412 29,817 79,694 47,976 157,487
Gloucestershire 8,874 29,316 20,230 58,420 10,223 30,371 18,039 58,633
Greater Manchester 34,075 171,881 135,214 341,170 40,354 176,078 136,887 353,319
Gwent 8,193 31,334 18,215 57,742 8,667 32,423 23,508 64,598
Hampshire 28,134 88,069 56,642 172,845 32,134 90,616 58,041 180,791
Hertfordshire 15,792 45,305 27,766 88,863 17,971 47,465 27,575 93,011
Humberside 11,653 51,746 36,320 99,719 13,622 53,034 39,564 106,220
Kent 25,477 82,584 53,564 161,625 28,909 84,673 60,629 174,211
Lancashire 19,638 81,984 60,243 161,865 22,982 83,768 62,525 169,275
Leicestershire 12,649 47,390 32,814 92,853 14,652 49,336 34,801 98,789
Lincolnshire 12,999 29,848 18,661 61,508 13,544 30,788 21,852 66,184
Merseyside 23,345 112,589 85,238 221,172 27,390 113,660 83,277 224,327
Metropolitan Police 139,075 846,762 697,344 1,683,181 157,930 900,345 618,342 1,676,617
Norfolk 11,666 38,204 25,677 75,547 13,363 39,053 27,806 80,222
Northamptonshire 12,257 29,321 17,674 59,252 13,672 30,218 20,715 64,605
Northumbria 18,644 94,046 73,720 186,410 21,630 95,656 77,806 195,092
North Wales 10,695 34,681 22,890 68,266 11,240 35,696 23,984 70,920
North Yorkshire 11,885 34,961 20,196 67,042 13,200 35,796 22,844 71,840
Nottinghamshire 13,775 57,777 42,039 113,591 14,953 59,070 46,533 120,556
South Wales 18,362 75,247 53,849 147,458 19,491 77,732 62,188 159,411
South Yorkshire 16,366 78,009 56,574 150,949 19,214 79,346 67,467 166,027
Staffordshire 15,658 54,611 37,563 107,832 18,003 57,200 35,061 110,264
Suffolk 9,892 31,033 20,038 60,963 11,327 31,858 20,491 63,676
Surrey 14,528 42,090 28,727 85,345 15,126 44,808 31,042 90,976
Sussex 25,870 75,764 48,992 150,626 29,400 78,415 49,816 157,631
Thames Valley 36,051 101,658 63,688 201,397 41,006 104,631 64,696 210,333
Warwickshire 8,111 24,725 14,850 47,686 9,270 25,725 16,008 51,003
West Mercia 17,397 51,632 33,049 102,078 19,958 53,342 34,488 107,788
West Midlands 34,210 172,343 131,439 337,992 39,829 175,339 144,961 360,129
West Yorkshire 27,479 130,447 107,307 265,233 32,458 132,526 116,761 281,745
Wiltshire 10,442 30,428 19,123 59,993 11,778 31,043 15,714 58,535
Total 819,256 3,350,138 2,420,899 6,619,778 931,562 3,438,163 2,413,070 6,870,093

£000
1998–99 1999–2000
Council tax Home Office police specific grant Other Net expenditure Net expenditure
Avon and Somerset 27,680 83,927 51,119 162,726 174,424
Bedfordshire 10,416 31,236 20,126 61,778 64,027
Cambridgeshire 11,286 36,974 25,172 73,432 75,363
Cheshire 18,573 53,821 34,699 107,093 111,094
City of London n/a 25,909 n/a 60,350 58,719
Cleveland 7,734 41,731 31,830 81,295 85,397
Cumbria 11,730 29,360 21,442 62,532 64,693
Derbyshire 17,238 50,026 32,800 100,064 107,035
Devon and Cornwall 26,352 86,035 53,943 166,330 173,649
Dorset 18,838 34,838 19,441 73,117 77,749
Durham 8,427 40,023 26,223 74,673 80,712
Dyfed-Powys 10,212 26,041 13,787 50,040 56,143
Essex 34,676 78,591 43,555 156,822 171,590
Gloucestershire 11,604 30,537 20,721 62,862 65,933
Greater Manchester 42,558 186,858 124,755 354,171 387,256
Gwent 9,683 34,265 23,707 67,655 71,414
Hampshire 31,481 97,239 57,941 186,661 196,955
Hertfordshire 20,331 46,771 27,966 95,068 102,361
Humberside 13,762 56,629 42,180 112,571 114,306
Kent 27,473 91,742 56,362 175,577 186,225
Lancashire 23,370 89,725 64,215 177,310 182,679
Leicestershire 17,419 50,708 34,663 102,790 106,279
Lincolnshire 15,645 30,484 20,535 66,664 69,970

£000
1998–99 1999–2000
Council tax Home Office police specific grant Other Net expenditure Net expenditure
Merseyside 29,259 119,156 91,852 240,267 249,522
Metropolitan Police 204,132 931,431 580,862 1,716,425 1,840,245
Norfolk 14,236 41,512 24,795 80,543 86,870
Northamptonshire 13,859 32,266 20,932 67,057 70,432
Northumbria 20,187 104,638 80,445 205,270 213,010
North Wales 13,612 37,434 21,435 72,481 80,505
North Yorkshire 13,020 38,764 23,560 75,344 78,085
Nottinghamshire 16,680 62,799 47,539 127,018 130,173
South Wales 22,394 82,243 56,301 160,938 169,968
South Yorkshire 19,726 84,510 62,923 167,159 173,933
Staffordshire 23,861 56,924 35,446 116,231 127,472
Suffolk 11,786 33,943 20,367 66,096 70,538
Surrey 22,612 40,650 28,163 91,425 100,375
Sussex 29,406 83,399 49,042 161,847 165,804
Thames Valley 39,878 112,357 57,440 209,675 232,729
Warwickshire 11,080 26,196 14,739 52,015 56,157
West Mercia 21,382 54,354 38,019 113,755 116,490
West Midlands 37,194 190,208 141,206 368,608 380,971
West Yorkshire 32,569 142,946 102,479 277,994 288,865
Wiltshire 13,792 32,481 22,538 68,811 69,715
Total 1,027,153 3,641,681 2,367,265 7,070,687 7,485,832

Source:

1996–97 and 1998–99—CIPFA Police Statistics Actuals

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