HC Deb 10 February 1971 vol 811 c207W
Mr. Gwynoro Jones

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money has been allocated for capital and current expenditure, respectively, on the police in Wales from 1970–71 to 1974–75 out of the total specified on page 33 of the White Paper on Public Expenditure; and how much the figures differ from those envisaged in Command Paper No. 4234.

Mr. Sharples

The estimated expenditure on the police in Wales for the years 1970–71 to 1972–73 included in Table 2.13 of the White Paper on Public Expenditure 1969–70 to 1974–75 is as follows:

£ million
1970–71 1971–72 1972–73
Capital expenditure 1.3 1.3 1.4
Current expenditure 12.6 13.3 13.7

Specific estimates are not available for later years but expenditure may be expected to continue at the same proportionate rate. Allowing for different price bases, the figures do not differ from those in Command 4234.