Law and Order

HC Deb 27 May 1982 vol 24 cc368-9W

Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total expenditure on law and order and other protective services in Wales, at constant 1979 prices for each of the last five years; and what are the projected estimates for the years 1982–83 and 1983–84.

Mr. Whitelaw

Figures for local authority expenditure at 1979 prices on law and order and other protective services in Wales were published in the White Paper "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1981–82 to 1983–84"—Cmnd. 8175—at table 2.16.1 under the heading "Home Office Services" and are as follows:

£ million	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	*1980–81	†1981–82	1982–83	1983–84
Current	97	98	102	105	106	—	—
Capital	4	3	3	4	5	—	—
Cash equivalents and the estimates for 1982–83 and 1983–84
Current	67	76	97	118	*135	†148	†159
Capital	1	1	3	2	5	6	7
* Estimated outturn.
† Provisional.
Central Government expenditure on these services is not separately apportioned to England and Wales.