HC Deb 18 July 2000 vol 354 cc168-9W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will break down the police funding statistics used to calculate the statement in the Government's Annual report 1999–2000 that police budgets have risen on average by 3.6 per cent.; and if he will make a statement. [131367]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The figures requested are given in the table.

Budget requirements (£ million) Increase in net budget requirements (£ million) Increase in net budget requirements (percentage)
2001–01 net 1999–2000 net 2000–01 2000–01
Metropolitan forces
Greater Manchester police 393.6 382.5 11.1 2.9
Merseyside police 253.7 247.0 6.7 2.7
Northumbria police 218.4 212.6 5.8 2.7
South Yorkshire police 179.7 173.3 6.4 3.7
West Midlands police 394.6 380.9 13.7 3.6
West Yorkshire police 301.4 289.1 12.3 4.3
Total 1,741.4 1,685.4 56.0 3.3
City of London 57.9 57.1 0.8 1.4
Metropolitan police1 1,830.0 1,836.2 -6.2 -0.3
Welsh Forces
Dyfed Powys 59.0 55.7 3.3 5.9
Gwent 76.1 71.4 4.7 6.6
North Wales 84.0 79.6 4.4 5.6
South Wales 179.1 170.0 9.1 5.4
Total 398.2 376.7 21.5 5.7
Total 7,713.4 7,445.5 267.9 3.6
1 Essex, Hertfordshire, Surrey and the Metropolitan police were subject to boundary changes

Source:

English forces—Forces returns from DETR

Welsh forces—Forces returns from the Welsh Assembly