§ Mr. WyattTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the expenditure of his Department in the constituency of Sittingbourne and Sheppey was between(a) 1992 and 1997, (b) 1997 and 2001 and (c) 2001 and 2004. [159492]
§ Fiona MactaggartThe information is as follows:
Funding for Kent police
Grants for policing are not hypothecated to individual areas such as Sittingbourne and Sheppey. Grants are allocated to Kent police as a whole and it is for the Chief Constable to decide how best to deploy the resources across the force area.
1431WPolice grant distribution has been formula-based since 1995–96. Prior to that, grant was based on a proportion of forces' net expenditure.
Home Office police grant is one element only of the total general police grant forces received. Revenue Support Grant and National Non Domestic Rates make up the total of the general grant. These have not been included in the answer as they are administered by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM).
In line with all forces in England and Wales, Kent police will receive a general grants increase of 3.25 per cent. next year. Their allocation is £182.6 million. Kent is one of the shire forces who benefit most from this arrangement. If the formula alone had been applied, they would have received £167.9 million. Because a floor of 3.25 per cent. on top of last year's grant was given, they will in fact receive £182.6 million, £14.7 million more.
£ Police grant (HO only) Capital grant1 Crime Fighting Fund Rural Policing Fund DNA Expansion Programme Airwave 1992–93 68,815,000 2,491,000 — — — — 1993–94 71,825,000 2,404,000 — — — — 1994–95 76,008,000 2,574,000 — — — — 1995–96 78,591,413 3,481,000 — — — — 1996–97 82,321,694 4,803,000 — — — — 1997–98 84,673,351 4,476,000 — — — — 1998–99 91,724,083 2,263,000 — — — — 1999–2000 92,098,019 1,853,000 — — — — 2000–01 96,482,918 1,503,000 1,347,740 298,863 655,232 — 2001–02 102,643,758 2,003,000 4,505,000 599,342 1,283,474 — 2002–03 102,446,510 2,680,000 6,190,000 599,700 1,533,389 — 2003–04 106,107,422 3,372,000 7,270,500 595,161 1,494,810 7,153,000 2004–05 105,806,169 2,684,000 7,633,906 594,228 1,051,206 1,483,000
£ Basic Command Unit Fund Community Support Officers Special Priority Payments South East Allowance Total 1992–93 — — — — 71,306,000 1993–94 — — — — 74,229,000 1994–95 — — — — 78,582,000 1995–96 — — — — 82,072,413 1996–97 — — — — 87,124,694 1997–98 — — — — 89,149,351 1998–99 — — — — 93,987,083 1999–2000 — — — — 93,951,019 2000–01 — — — — 100,287,753 2001–02 — — — 1,483,554 112,518,128 2002–03 — 264,418 — 1,719,156 115,433,173 2003–04 1,051,206 871,426 992,100 2,200,000 131,107,625 2004–05 1,051,206 2871,426 2992,100 23,125,375 125,292,616 1Capital grant figures prior to 2000–01 include an element of grant specifically for major capital schemes under the Priority Planning List scheme. Figures include Premises Improvement Fund allocations (£500,000 in 2002–03 and £1 million in 2003–04). Figures exclude revenue support for capital provided by ODPM and Supplementary Credit Approvals/Supported Capital Expenditure. 2 Estimated figures for 2004–05. Subject to change. Sources of police grant data: 1.1992–93 to 1994–95 figures—CIPFA Police Statistics. 2.1995–96 to 2004–05 figures—Police Grant Reports.