§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding has been allocated to Merseyside police since May 1997 in annual budgetary settlement and in special programmes; and how much of that funding was additional to the formulae aid programmes in operation before that date. [135832]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe amount of funding allocated to Merseyside in annual budgetary settlement since 1997 is shown in the table.
£ million Year Government funding 1 1997–98 207.5 1998–99 213.2 1999–2000 215.3 2000–01 220.7 1 Includes Home Office Police Grant, Revenue Support Grant and National Non-Domestic Rates grant. Provision for 1996–97 was £203.4 million.
In addition the force has received:
£ million Year Capital grant 1 1997–98 3.8 1998–99 2.3 1999–2000 2.0 2000–01 2.5
£ Year Loan charges grant 1 1997–98 414,488 1998–99 340,380 1999–2000 351,136 2000–01 318,450 1 Full year figure Home Office accounts records show that the force has also received the following individual payments:
- August 1997 Police Firearms Grant—£66,556
- August 1999 Police Beacon Scheme—£83,000
- March 2000 Police Beacon Scheme—£8,880
- June 2000 Crime Fighting Fund—£664,195
- September 2000 Crime Fighting Fund—£430,216
- October 2000 Anti-robbery grant—£1,800,000.