§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the level of specific grant given to meet the revenue costs of Strathclyde police in each year since 1979, expressed(a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of the total revenue budget; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested is set out in the following table:
Police specific grant Total revenue budget Police specific grant as a percentage of the total revenue budget Year £ £ Per cent. 1979–80 37,829,242.21 793,478,000.00 4.77 1980–81 45,104,503.48 989,304,000.00 4.56 1981–82 52,590,064.66 1,149,077,000.00 4.58 1982–83 57,071,448.97 1,257,054,000.00 4.54 1983–84 61,946,461.13 1,315,068,000.00 4.71 1984–85 66,998,770.33 1,358,433,000.00 4.93 1985–86 67,241,352.98 1,418,429,000.00 4.74 1986–87 73,150,030.24 1,501,838,000.00 4.87 1987–88 82,076,843.87 1,635,650,000.00 5.02 1988–89 86,759,855.81 1,763,655,000.00 4.92 1989–90 97,768,399.14 1,876,880,000.00 5.21 1990–91 1108,118,400.95 1,977,241,000.00 5.47 1 Provisional.