§ Mr. LansleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assumptions the Home Office made about the change in police pay and pension costs between 2002–03 and 2003–04 in determining the police grant distribution. [90217]
§ Mr. DenhamThe average increase in Police Grant and Revenue Support Grant and National Non-Domestic Rates income in 2003–04 will be 4.3 per cent. Each police authority will receive an increase of at least 3 per cent.
Within the total sum available, distribution of Police Grant is based, by formula, on predicted relative demands on policing services for each police authority. Formula changes for 2003–04 do not relate to pay or pension costs. The proportion of the formula attributable to projected pensions costs remains at 14.5 per cent.
Council tax—police element (Band D) £ Police authority 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Avon and Somerset 45.32 45.73 52.04 55.09 60.62 67.59 72.66 83.4 Bedfordshire 45.40 46.46 52.51 55.84 61.36 66.98 70.26 78.69 Cambridgeshire 44.64 45.00 51.03 48.24 52.11 62.46 68.04 94.59 Cheshire 44.71 45.10 51.16 53.86 56.28 61.06 64.66 73.54 Cleveland 45.23 46.02 54.87 48.43 62.55 65.58 69.51 96.13 Cumbria 49.54 51.14 58.20 72.35 78.27 84.23 90.60 100.48 Derbyshire 45.04 45.18 51.31 57.30 65.85 71.12 75.38 91.96 Devon and Cornwall 45.60 45.66 49.79 48.30 53.52 58.87 61.81 73.8 Dorset 56.13 57.49 63.59 70.60 77.12 84.42 92.25 103.5 Durham 45.00 45.45 52.20 48.60 50.40 52.65 56.43 64.44 Essex 47.25 48.42 54.09 62.28 65.07 67.95 71.01 77.67 Gloucestershire 44.92 44.96 51.17 57.74 68.90 77.98 82.05 94.01 Greater Manchester 45.53 45.86 54.10 56.28 60.22 62.72 64.66 68.86 Hampshire 45.00 45.81 51.75 50.13 53.91 55.08 59.04 75.15 Hertfordshire 44.89 46.02 51.51 58.83 63.54 67.99 72.39 81.01 Humberside 45.09 45.78 52.47 52.47 54.81 60.30 85.77 95.4 Kent 45.09 45.81 51.57 48.45 52.48 55.73 60.26 73.64 Lancashire 45.18 45.71 53.25 53.48 57.69 62.60 67.89 73.86 Leicestershire 45.27 45.32 52.26 61.21 63.79 67.80 75.52 95.21 Lincolnshire 62.21 66.96 69.03 78.93 81.99 86.49 90.36 94.86 Merseyside 53.42 57.87 66.87 71.78 77.44 81.31 85.37 94.76 Metropolitan 47.83 49.84 57.00 70.73 77.44 90.95 118.85 130.59 Norfolk 45.27 45.18 50.58 53.64 64.35 72.09 83.61 100.35 Northamptonshire 63.29 64.26 70.56 69.29 76.08 79.65 83.00 105.25 Northumbria 44.92 45.95 52.73 47.67 49.82 52.06 55.65 58.15 North Yorkshire 45.47 45.40 49.72 48.46 52.20 57.04 62.59 88.59 Nottinghamshire 45.51 45.94 49.78 54.32 61.55 65.17 70.17 85.17 South Yorkshire 44.95 45.80 53.29 54.28 56.72 59.26 62.79 74.09 Staffordshire 47.87 48.15 54.74 72.42 78.86 83.43 94.37 100.93 Suffolk 44.64 45.09 51.39 52.38 56.16 61.11 67.14 82.08 Surrey 41.94 42.93 44.64 66.06 75.24 79.41 83.08 96.44 Sussex 45.18 45.99 51.66 50.94 53.19 55.53 59.13 69.84 Thames Valley 46.86 46.96 52.79 50.76 56.53 60.34 64.49 73.49 Warwickshire 44.60 46.70 52.24 62.09 71.18 77.57 85.17 101.78 West Mercia 44.94 45.34 50.87 53.64 59.00 74.06 78.50 104.5 West Midlands 44.48 45.65 53.20 48.99 51.19 54.77 57.21 61.88 West Yorkshire 45.28 45.28 53.17 52.41 54.76 58.73 60.82 75.92 Wiltshire 48.45 49.44 55.48 62.77 68.98 75.84 83.26 91.54