§ Mr. Wattsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police forces have a lower net expenditure per thousand population than Thames Valley; and which have a higher net expenditure.
§ Mr. Giles Shaw"Police Statistics 1984–85 Actuals", published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, show that the net expenditure of Thames Valley police per thousand of the population was £37,455 in the financial year 1984–85, the second lowest of 41 police forces in England and Wales. The expenditure figure for each of these forces is as follows. No figures were given for the Merseyside police and the West Yorkshire police.
Net expenditure per thousand population in 1984–85 £ Avon and Somerset 44,967 Bedfordshire 43,025 Cambridgeshire 40,368 Cheshire 39,277 Cleveland 51,559 Cumbria 45,332 Derbyshire 41,298 Devon and Cornwall 43,161 Dorset 43,233 Durham 48,254 Dyfed Powys 40,548 Essex 38,991 Gloucestershire 44,674 Greater Manchester 54,278 Gwent 44,598 Hampshire 39,199 Hertfordshire 39,673 Humberside 49,508 Kent 41,042 Lancashire 46,719 Leicestershire 42,761 Lincolnshire 42.890 Norfolk 37,097 Northamptonshire 41,971 Northumbria 50,786 North Wales 42,339 North Yorkshire 43,367 Nottinghamshire 44,997 South Wales 49,751 South Yorkshire 44,788 Staffordshire 42,204 Suffolk 40,077 Surrey 43.614 Sussex 41,922 Thames Valley 37,455 Warwickshire 40,372 West Mercia 41,098 West Midlands 49,591 Wiltshire 41,147 City of London 57,649 Metropolitan 98,822