§ Mr. OppenheimTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in rank order for each (i) police authority, (ii) county police authority in England, including average figures,(a) the number of police officers per 1,000 of the population and (b) the amount spent on the police per person.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information requested is set out in the following tables, for the most recent year for which actual outturn information is available.
Police authority Expenditure per head of population 1990–91 £ City of London 9,724.24 Metropolitan police 174.33 Merseyside 112.91 Cleveland1 97.28 West Yorkshire 93.58 Greater Manchester 91.75 West Midlands 90.64 Northumbria 89.32 Cumbria1 85.91 Humberside1 82.95 Lancashire1 81.08 Surrey1 80.61 Warwickshire1 80.42 Dorset1 78.77 Gloucestershire1 78.76 South Yorkshire 78.49 Avon and Somerset 78.11 Nottinghamshire1 77.82 Leicestershire1 76.88 Durham1 76.15 Staffordshire1 75.07 Wiltshire1 74.25 Thames Valley 73.57 Essex1 73.42 Lincolnshire1 73.20 Kent1 72.88 Northamptonshire1 72.35 Hertfordshire1 71.82 Devon and Cornwall 71.64 Suffolk1 69.85 West Mercia 69.11 Sussex 68.89 Hampshire 68.44 North Yorkshire1 68.03 Cheshire1 67.08 Bedfordshire1 67.06 Derbyshire1 66.47 Cambridgeshire1 65.43 Norfolk1 64.96 Total average 94.41 Average (excluding city) 93.61 County average 74.81 1 County police authority. 289W
Police authority Police officers per 1,000 population 1990–91 City of London 202.1 Metropolitan police 3.9 Merseyside 3.3 Cleveland1 2.7 Greater Manchester 2.7 West Midlands 2.6
Police authority Police officers per 1,000 population 1990–91 West Yorkshire 2.6 Northumbria 2.5 Cumbria1 2.4 Humberside1 2.3 South Yorkshire 2.3 Nottinghamshire1 2.3 Lancashire1 2.3 Durham1 2.3 Surrey1 2.2 Gloucestershire1 2.2 Avon and Somerset 2.2 Staffordshire1 2.1 Sussex 2.1 Warwickshire1 2.1 Lincolnshire1 2.0 Leicestershire1 2.0 Bedfordshire1 2.0 Hertfordshire1 2.0 Kent1 2.0 Cheshire1 2.0 Northamptonshire1 2.0 Wiltshire1 2.0 Essex1 2.0 North Yorkshire1 1.9 Dorset1 1.9 Derbyshire1 1.9 Devon and Cornwall 1.9 Hampshire 1.9 Norfolk1 1.9 West Mercia 1.9 Suffolk1 1.9 Thames Valley 1.9 Cambridgeshire1 1.8 Total average 2.5 Average (excluding city) 2.5 County average 2.1 1 County police authority.
§ Mr. OppenheimTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in rank order for each (i) police authority (ii) county police authority in England, including average figures, the increase in spending on the police per person since 1979.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information requested is as follows.
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Police authority 1990–91 police standard spending assessment £0002 1990–91 comparable expenditure £0003 Percentage over and under SSA 1. Dorset1 20,801 25,171 21.0 2. Cambridgeshire1 19,824 23,540 18.7 3. Wiltshire1 17,954 20,519 14.3 4. City of London 17,983 20,345 13.1 5. Warwickshire1 16,415 18,284 11.4 6. Northamptonshire1 18,550 20,522 10.6 7. Kent1 51,544 56,143 8.9 8. Cumbria1 19,129 20,741 8.4 9. Suffolk1 19,626 21,206 8.1 10. Leicestershire1 29,124 31,388 7.8 11. Norfolk1 22,538 24,219 7.5 12. Avon and Somerset 50,802 54,455 7.2 13. Lincolnshire1 19,576 20,921 6.9
Expenditure per head of population Percentage Increase 1978–79 to 1990–91 Police Authority Cash Increase Real Terms1 1 City of London 423.4 106.4 2 Warwickshire2 381.6 90.0 3 Essex2 365.8 83.7 4 Thames Valley 362.6 82.5 5 Metropolitan Police 342.6 74.6 6 Cleveland2 339.0 73.2 7 West Yorkshire 338.5 73.0 8 West Midlands 338.1 72.8 9 Cumbria2 335.9 71.9 10 Dorset2 331.5 70.2 11 Gloucestershire2 330.0 69.6 12 Wiltshire2 328.2 68.9 13 Northumbria 323.2 66.9 14 Merseyside 322.5 66.6 15 South Yorkshire 318.3 65.0 16 Northamptonshire2 316.2 64.2 17 Surrey2 310.8 62.0 18 West Mercia 309.4 61.5 19 Leicestershire2 309.3 61.4 20 Staffordshire2 308.3 61.1 21 Lancashire2 304.1 59.4 22 Greater Manchester 297.8 56.9 23 Avon and Somerset 296.4 56.4 24 Norfolk2 294.5 55.6 25 Hampshire 292.1 54.7 26 Hertfordshire2 291.4 54.4 27 Kent2 290.4 54.0 28 Devon and Cornwall 286.2 52.3 29 Humberside2 285.6 52.1 30 Cheshire2 282.5 50.9 31 Nottinghamshire2 282.5 50.9 32 Suffolk2 274.3 47.6 33 Cambridgeshire2 266.4 44.5 34 Durham2 259.1 41.6 35 North Yorkshire2 258.7 41.5 36 Derbyshire2 258.1 41.2 37 Bedfordshire2 256.8 40.7 38 Sussex 252.2 38.9 39 Lincolnshire2 226.9 28.9 Total Average 311.2 62.2 County Average 297.7 56.9 1 Using GDP Deflator 2 County Police Authority
§ Mr. OppenheimTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each (i) police authority and (ii) county police authority in England, including average figures,(a) the standard spending assessment for police expenditure, (b) police spending and (c) the percentage difference, ranking by (c).
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information requested is set out in the table, for the most recent year for which actual outturn information is available.
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Police authority 1990–91 police standard spending assessment £0002 1990–91 comparable expenditure £0003 Percentage over and under SSA 14. West Yorkshire 86,473 92,221 6.6 15. Humberside1 32,963 34,869 5.8 16. West Mercia 32,946 34,774 5.5 17. Devon and Cornwall 47,032 49,408 5.1 18. Mersey side 76,806 80,372 4.6 19. Essex1 49,255 51,402 4.4 20. Derbyshire1 29,670 30,949 4.3 21. West Midlands 112,329 117,074 4.2 22. Cleveland1 24,640 25,446 3.3 23. Greater Manchester 114,059 117,609 3.1 24. Staffordshire1 36,207 36,910 1.9 25. Hampshire 54,289 55,246 1.8 26. Durham1 22,753 23,111 1.6 27. Northumbria 58,132 58,734 1.0 28. Thames Valley 63,248 63,804 0.9 29. Hertfordshire1 29,917 29,928 0.0 30. North Yorkshire1 22,886 22,823 -0.3 31. Cheshire1 30,911 30,807 -0.3 32. South Yorkshire 48,861 48,659 -0.4 33. Gloucestershire1 19,262 19,120 -0.7 34. Lancashire1 52,506 51,708 -1.5 35. Bedfordshire1 18,039 17,673 -2.0 36. Nottinghamshire1 38,358 37,083 -3.3 37. Metropolitan Police 632,132 604,512 -4.4 38. Sussex 50,825 46,886 -7.8 39. Surrey1 30,103 27,668 -8.1 TOTAL AVERAGE 54,833 55,545 1.3 COUNTY AVERAGE 27,702 28,886 4.3 1 County police authority. 2 Standard level of expenditure on the police after specific grant has been deducted. 3 Includes element of authorities' expenditure on unallocated contingencies, residuary body levies (where appropriate) and other adjustments.
§ Mr. OppenheimTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in rank order for each (i) police authority and (ii) county police authority in England, including average figures, the percentage increase in spending on the police since 1979.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information requested is set out in the table.
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Total expenditure Percentage increase 1978–79 to 1990–91 Police authority Cash increase Real terms2 1 Thames Valley 427.9 108.2 2 Essex1 399.2 96.9 3 Warwickshire1 395.1 95.3 4 Dorset1 384.3 91.0 5 Northamptonshire1 367.6 84.4 6 Wiltshire1 366.1 83.8 7 Gloucestershire1 361.3 81.9 8 Cumbria1 354.1 79.1 9 West Mercia 353.5 78.9 10 Leicestershire1 340.9 73.9 11 West Yorkshire 339.0 73.1 12 Norfolk1 335.6 71.8 13 Metropolitan Police 334.6 71.4 14 Cambridgeshire1 327.0 68.4 15 Cleveland1 326.6 68.3 16 Staffordshire1 326.3 68.1 17 Devon and Cornwall 323.9 67.2 18 Surrey1 322.7 66.7 19 West Midlands 322.4 66.6 20 Avon and Somerset 321.4 66.2 21 Hampshire 319.4 65.4 22 Northumbria 316.7 64.3 23 South Yorkshire 315.8 64.0
Percentage increase 1978–79 to 1990–91 Police authority Cash increase Real terms2 24 Lancashire1 311.7 62.4 25 Kent1 311.0 62.1 26 Hertfordshire1 310.5 61.9 27 Suffolk1 306.6 60.4 28 Nottinghamshire1 299.3 57.5 29 Cheshire1 298.8 57.3 30 Merseyside 294.6 55.7 31 North Yorkshire1 294.0 55.4 32 Humberside1 292.1 54.6 33 Sussex 288.1 53.1 34 Greater Manchester 286.9 52.6 35 Bedfordshire1 286.2 52.3 36 Derbyshire1 272.8 47.0 37 City of London 269.1 45.6 38 Lincolnshire1 264.6 43.8 39 Durham1 256.5 40.6 Total average 324.4 67.4 County average 321.2 66.1 1 County Police Authority. 2 Using GDP Deflator.