§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the change was in expenditure on policing in total and in real terms in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [145708]
Mr. ClarkeThe information is set out in the table.
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Escapes from establishments by category of prisoner 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–011 Category A — — — — — Category B — — — — 1 Category C 23 14 14 12 2 Category D — 2 — — — Females—non-Category A — 1 1 4 — Young offenders—closed — — 2 3 — Unsentenced male remand 3 2 4 4 — Not categorised sentenced male 7 4 7 7 4 Totals 33 23 28 30 7 1 Up to 31 December 2000
Police authority net expenditure 1990–91 to 1999–2000 £000 Percentage change in real terms 1990–91 4,575,781 2.4 1991–92 5,180,381 6.7 1992–93 5,594,472 4.6 1993–94 5,882,228 2.4 1994–95 6,152,155 3.1 1995–96 6,309,059 0.3 1996–97 6,619,778 1.7 1997–98 6,870,093 0.9 1998–99 7,070,687 0.1 1999–2000 7,450,358 2.9 Source:
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Police statistics (Actuals)
Percentage changes have been calculated in real terms at 1999–2000 prices using Gross Domestic Product deflator as at December 2000.
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total expenditure on advertising to recruit special constables was in the last five years; what the total number of new recruits was during the same period; what the net change in the number of specials over the period was; and if he will make a statement. [145710]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe total expenditure on special constable recruitment advertising is assessed at the end of each financial year in March. The total expenditure for the five years, from March 1995 to March 2000 was £5,595,000.
The total number of special constables recruited in the five years 1995–1996 to 1999–2000 was 17,817.
There has been a net loss of 2,137 special constables during the period 1995 to 2000.