§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each police authority the approved establishment and budget for 1992–93 and for 1993–94.
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§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information requested is set out in the table. Information on 1993–94 budgets is not available.
Force 1992–93 Budget £ million1 1992–93 Establishment2 1993–94 Establishment3 Avon and Somerset 123.553 3,087 3,087 Bedfordshire 43.516 1,178 1,178 Cambridgeshire 51.376 1,241 1,241 Cheshire 73.382 1,920 1,920 City of London 46.947 798 798 Cleveland 60.198 1,502 1,502 Cumbria 47.500 1,187 1,187 Derbyshire 73.728 1,850 1,850 Devon and Cornwall 131.068 2,928 2,928 Dorset 56.191 1,302 1,302 Durham 52.995 1,389 1,389 Dyfed Powys 39.814 969 969 Essex 126.716 2,950 2,950 Gloucestershire 48.794 1,184 1,184 Greater Manchester 291.000 7,077 7,077 Gwent 38.580 1,010 1,010 Hampshire 129.300 3,269 3,269 Hertfordshire 69.516 1,684 1,684 Humberside 84.500 2,034 2,034 Kent 136.394 3,096 43,136 Lancashire 128.200 3,229 3,229 Leicestershire 73.000 1,853 1,853 Lincolnshire 48.312 1,206 1,206 Merseyside 188.595 4,706 4,706 Metropolitan 1,488.974 28,260 528,293 Norfolk 59.668 1,446 1,446 Northamptonshire 52.009 1,190 1,190 Northumbria 148.250 3,613 3,613 North Wales 55.943 1,369 1,369 North Yorkshire 58.572 1,418 1,418 Nottinghamshire 91.045 2,344 2,344 South Wales 129.381 3,168 3,168 South Yorkshire 120.500 3,031 3,031 Staffordshire 87.549 2,215 2,215 Suffolk 51.114 1,233 1,233 Surrey 71.055 1,673 1,673 Sussex 118.674 3,014 3,014 Thames Valley 168.930 3,812 3,812 Warwickshire 42.000 1,020 1,020 West Mercia 84.687 2,053 2,053 West Midlands 284.917 6,977 6,977 West Yorkshire 218.326 5,295 5,295 Wiltshire 50.313 1,181 1,181 1 Estimated revenue budget for 1992–93. 2 Approved establishment at 31 October 1992. 3 Approved establishment at 1 April 1993. 4 The 1993–94 approved establishment for the Kent constabulary includes 40 reimbursed posts for the channel tunnel which came into effect on 1 January 1993. 5 The 1993–94 approved establishment for the Metropolitan police includes additional posts resulting from planning in the 1991 public expenditure survey.