§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the budget of the National Criminal Intelligence Service was in each of the last five years. [166460]
§ Paul GogginsThe information is as follows:
£million 2000–01 47.5 2001–02 49.5 2002–03 68.5 2003–04 72.2 2004–05 83.3 The year-on-year position may not be directly comparable because the figures shown exclude cost of capital and depreciation charges that were introduced in 2002–03 under Resource Accounting and Budgeting. In addition, the figures shown also exclude funding for specific projects. It should also be noted that during 2002–03, the funding of the National Criminal Intelligence Service changed from police levy funding to core Home Office grant under the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.