§ Viscount Dilhorneasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the estimated total cost to public funds of the Metropolitan Police in 1987–88.
The Minister of State, Home Office (The Earl of Caithness):As police authority for the metropolis, my right honourable friend has approved estimates which provide for net revenue expenditure by the Metropolitan Police of £929.081 million in 1987–88, an increase of 9 per cent. on the cash limit of £851.800 million which my right honourable friend set for 1986–87.