§ Mr. AdleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department by how much his Department has increased spending on the police in the last year; and what estimate he has made of the costs incurred directly by the public sector in the provision of policing outside the budgetary responsibility of his Department.
§ Mr. Charles WardleHome Office expenditure on the police increased from £2,435 million in 1990–91 to £2,830 million in 1991–92. Information on the costs of police forces outside Home Office jurisdiction is not held centrally.