§ Mr. ShersbyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make an estimate of the cost to public funds of(a) uprating rent allowance for the Royal Ulster 111W Constabulary by the index agreed by the police negotiating board and (b) by the movement in the retail price index since the force maximum was last reviewed.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 5 April 1990]: The actual indices for the period 1 April 1988 to 1 April 1990 are not yet available, but it is estimated that uprating by the index recommended by the PNB would cost approximately £5.8 million and uprating by the retail prices index would cost approximately £5 million.